正 确 zhèng què correct / sound / right / proper 尊 重 zūn zhòng to esteem / to respect / to honor / to value / eminent / serious / proper 地 道 dì dao authentic / genuine / proper 妥 善 tuǒ shàn appropriate / proper 正 经 zhèng jīng decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards 端 正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct 妥 当 tuǒ dang appropriate / proper / ready 好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive 得 dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished 当 dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) 得 宜 dé yí proper / appropriate / suitable 妥 帖 tuǒ tiē properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1] 妥 贴 tuǒ tiē properly / satisfactorily / firmly / very fitting / appropriate / proper / to be in good order / also written 妥帖 端 方 duān fāng upright / honest / proper / correct 适 shì to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue 宜 yí proper / should / suitable / appropriate 名 正 言 顺 míng zhèng yán shùn in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate 真 的 zhēn de really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine / (math.) proper 像 话 xiàng huà proper / appropriate (mostly used in the negative or in a rhetorical question) 允 当 yǔn dàng proper / suitable 对 工 duì gōng proper 对 工 儿 duì gōng r proper 妥 实 tuǒ shí proper / appropriate 理 所 当 然 lǐ suǒ dāng rán as it should be by rights (idiom) / proper and to be expected as a matter of course / inevitable and right 不 妥 bù tuǒ not proper / inappropriate 失 调 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc) 好 意 思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) 分 寸 fēn cun propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms 正 事 zhèng shì one's proper business 瞎 说 xiā shuō to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about 天 经 地 义 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course 如 鱼 得 水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings 出 格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale 以 次 yǐ cì in the proper order / the following 不 务 正 业 bù wù zhèng yè not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties 正 路 zhèng lù (lit. and fig.) the right way / the correct path / the proper course 食 道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route 不 二 法 门 bù èr fǎ mén the one and only way / the only proper course to take 礼 尚 往 来 lǐ shàng wǎng lái lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness 循 序 xún xù in proper sequence 递 补 dì bǔ to substitute / to complement in the proper order / to fill vacancies progressively 伦 常 lún cháng proper human relationships 慎 独 shèn dú to preserve a proper behavior in private life 顺 次 shùn cì in order / in proper sequence 不 到 长 城 非 好 汉 bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal 专 名 zhuān míng proper noun 挨 次 āi cì in sequence / in the proper order / one by one / in turn 递 dì to hand over / to pass on / to deliver / (bound form) progressively / in the proper order 养 生 送 死 yǎng shēng sòng sǐ to be looked after in life and given a proper burial thereafter (idiom) 明 珠 暗 投 míng zhū àn tóu to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents 养 老 送 终 yǎng lǎo sòng zhōng to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die 不 自 量 bù zì liàng not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities 不 对 碴 儿 bù duì chá r not proper / not fit for the occasion 正 常 工 作 zhèng cháng gōng zuò normal operation / proper functioning 专 有 名 词 zhuān yǒu míng cí technical term / proper noun 人 五 人 六 rén wǔ rén liù to make a show of being decent and proper / to display phony or hypocritical behavior 假 分 数 jiǎ fēn shù improper fraction (with numerator &ge / denominator, e.g. seven fifths) / see also: proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4] 固 有 名 词 gù yǒu míng cí proper noun 失 道 shī dào (literary) to lose one's way / to get lost / (literary) to stray from the proper course 专 名 词 zhuān míng cí proper noun 带 分 数 dài fēn shù mixed fraction / mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] 常 道 cháng dào normal and proper practice / conventional practice / common occurrence 正 当 理 由 zhèng dàng lǐ yóu proper reason / reasonable grounds 真 分 数 zhēn fēn shù proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4] 真 子 集 zhēn zǐ jí proper subset 顺 导 shùn dǎo to guide sth on its proper course / to guide towards profitable outcome 货 物 正 式 名 称 proper shipping name 人 五 人 六 rén wǔ - rén liù (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper / to display phony or hypocritical behavior