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- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive
- lit. true religion
- orthodox religion
- orthodox Christianity
- Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
- first day of the first lunar month
- (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
Trad. 正氣
- healthy atmosphere; moral spirit
- unyielding integrity; probity
- (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
Trad. 矯正
- to correct
- to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision)
- to cure
- rectification
- correction
- to straighten
- (of a person) upright; respectable; decent
- (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
- (Tw) (slang) authentic; genuine (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tsiànn-káng])
Trad. 正統
- Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
Trad. 正統
- orthodoxy; tradition
- orthodox; traditional
- principles of dynastic succession
- (of an heir) legitimate
- correct (literary)
- upright
- (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings.
- I await your esteemed corrections.
Trad. 正職
- main job
- day job
- steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual)
- chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
Trad. 正誤
- true or false?
- correct or incorrect
- to correct errors (in a document)
- opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
Trad. 正鋒
- (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋[ce4 feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1 feng1])
- (Tw) senior technical specialist (a technical-staff rank in Taiwan's civil service)
Trad. 正體
- standard form (of a Chinese character)
- plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic)
- printed style (as opposed to cursive)
- (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
Trad. 正點
- (of a train etc) on time; punctual
- (slang) awesome
- (Tw) on the hour
- to set sth upright or straight
- to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal)
- (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
Trad. 歸正
- to return to the right path
- to mend one's ways
- to reform
- Reformed (church etc)
- the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories
- true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
- to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature
- rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
- Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
- young, cute boy
- derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4]
- just (in time)
- just right
- just enough
- to happen to
- to chance to
- by chance
- it just so happens that
- to correct an erroneously written character
- regular script (calligraphy)
- standard form (of a character or spelling)
Trad. 導正
- (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction
- to correct (behavior etc)
- Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
Trad. 張居正
- Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
Trad. 正當時
- the right time for sth
- the right season (for planting cabbage)
- Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
- Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011
Trad. 正經事
- an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
- Kim Jong-nam (1971-2017), the eldest son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4]
Trad. 金正銀
- former spelling of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]
Trad. 金正雲
- erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]
Trad. 方正縣
- Fangzheng, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 蔣中正
- Chiang Chung-cheng, adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]
- Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
Trad. 正藍旗
- Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
- also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
- Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
Trad. 正蘭旗
- Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 正長石
- orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
Trad. 正陽縣
- Zhengyang, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4], Henan