zhèng

right, proper, correct

HSK 2 #129

DEFINITIONS

正 zhèng
  • straight
  • upright
  • proper
  • main
  • principal
  • to correct
  • to rectify
  • exactly
  • just (at that time)
  • right (in that place)
  • (math.) positive
正 zhēng
  • first month of the lunar year

STROKES

WORDS

要 zhèng yào to be just about to; to be on the point of
轨 zhèng guǐ the right track
案 xiū zhèng àn amendment; revised draft
中 zhèng zhōng middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub
点 zhèng diǎn on time; punctual (of train etc); awesome (slang)
lì zhèng to stand straight; attention! (order to troops)
xiū zhèng to revise; to amend
派 zhèng pài upright
式 fēi zhèng shì unofficial; informal
当防卫 zhèng dàng fáng wèi reasonable self-defense; legitimate defense
光明大 guāng míng zhèng dà (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open
巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune
jiǎo zhèng to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten
视 zhèng shì to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
言归传 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point
门 zhèng mén main entrance; main gate; portal
chún zhèng pure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest
午 zhèng wǔ midday; noon; noonday
统 zhèng tǒng 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]; orthodox
餐 zhèng cān (regular) meal; full meal; main course
改邪归 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
道 zhèng dào the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
如 zhèng rú just as; precisely as
方形 zhèng fāng xíng square
一本经 yī běn zhèng jīng in deadly earnest; deadpan