"Positive" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 积极 | jī jí | active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive |   |
| 正 |  zhèng | straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive | |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open | |
| 利好 | lì hǎo | (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive | |
| 良性 | liáng xìng | positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) | |
| 正向 | zhèng xiàng | forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) | |
| 阳性 | yáng xìng | positive / masculine | |
| 阳 | yáng | positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] | |
| 阳模 | yáng mú | positive model / positive | |
| 阳性的 | positive | | |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) | |
| 好评 | hǎo píng | favorable criticism / positive evaluation | |
| 效力 | xiào lì | effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) | |
| 两性 | liǎng xìng | male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric | |
| 确信 | què xìn | to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news | |
| 正值 | zhèng zhí | just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value | |
| 眉目 | méi mu | progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome | |
| 气魄 | qì pò | spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude | |
| 正反 | zhèng fǎn | positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside | |
| 单数 | dān shù | positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) | |
| 凶多吉少 | xiōng duō jí shǎo | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster | |
| 阳极 | yáng jí | anode / positive electrode / positive pole | |
| 正负 | zhèng fù | positive and negative | |
| 阳离子 | yáng lí zǐ | positive ion / cation (physics) | |
| 呈阳性 | chéng yáng xìng | to test positive | |
| 正极 | zhèng jí | positive pole | |
| 正数 | zhèng shù | positive number | |
| 正整数 | zhèng zhěng shù | positive integer | |
| 熔断 | róng duàn | (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) | |
| 褒义 | bāo yì | commendatory sense / positive connotation | |
| 正离子 | zhèng lí zǐ | positive ion / cation (physics) | |
| 正电 | zhèng diàn | positive charge (electricity) | |
| 阳电荷 | yáng diàn hè | positive electric charge | |
| 良性循环 | liáng xìng xún huán | virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop) | |
| 正半轴 | zhèng bàn zhóu | positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) | |
| 正方向 | zhèng fāng xiàng | forward direction / (math.) positive direction | |
| 阳电极 | yáng diàn jí | anode / positive electrode (i.e. attracting electrons) | |
| 非负数 | fēi fù shù | a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero) | |
| 可取之处 | kě qǔ zhī chù | positive point / merit / redeeming quality | |
| 正外部性 | zhèng wài bù xìng | positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society) | |
| 阳性预告值 | yáng xìng yù gào zhí | positive predictive value | |
| 假阳性 | false positive | | |
| 假定阳性 | presumptive positive | | |
| 肯定列表法 | kěn dìng liè biǎo fǎ | positive list | |
| 肯定列表 | kěn dìng liè biǎo | positive list | |
| 变容真空泵 | positive displacement pump / positive pump | | |
| 容积式泵 | róng jī shì bèng | positive displacement pump / positive pump | |
| 正排量泵 | positive displacement pump / positive pump | | |
| 正位移泵 | positive displacement pump / positive pump | | |
| 正面规则 | formula / positive rule / affirmative rule | | |
| 明确同意的标准 | positive consent standards | | |
| 积极的安全保证 | positive security assurance | | |
| 阳性对照物 | positive control | | |
| 阳电 | yáng diàn | positive electric charge | |
| 正能量 | zhèng néng liàng | positive energy / positivity | |
| 修成正果 | xiū chéng zhèng guǒ | to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition | |
| 不幸之幸 | bù xìng zhī xìng | a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative | |
| 正角 | zhèng jiǎo | positive angle | |
| 假阳性 | jiǎ yáng xìng | false positive | |
| 伪阳性 | wěi yáng xìng | false positive | |
| 正相关 | zhèng xiāng guān | positive correlation | |
| 复阳 | fù yáng | to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result | |
| 有所作为 | yǒu suǒ zuò wéi | (idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile / to make a positive contribution | |
| 翻红 | fān hóng | (of a stock or index) to turn positive / to regain popularity | |
