Character data

HSK 2

FREQUENCY 129th character

RADICAL ⽌ (77.1)

STROKES 5

INDEX # 198

正 zhèng

exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place)

HSK 2 #129

正 zhèng	1. exactly 2. just (at that time) 3. right (in that place) 4. proper 5. upright 6. straight 7. main 8. principal 9. to correct 10. to rectify 11. (math.) positive
正 zhēng	1. first month of the lunar year

Word	Meaning
风华正茂 fēng huá zhèng mào	in one's prime
朴正熙 piáo zhèng xī	Park Chung-hee, South Korean president, dictator
正文 zhèng wén	main text (as opposed to footnotes); main body (of a book)
歪打正着 wāi dǎ zhèng zháo	to succeed by a lucky stroke
矫枉过正 jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng	to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate
修正主义 xiū zhèng zhǔ yì	revisionism
东正教 dōng zhèng jiào	Eastern Orthodox Church
正数 zhèng shù	positive number
正版 zhèng bǎn	genuine; legal; see also 盗版dào bǎn
转正 zhuǎn zhèng	to transfer to full membership; to obtain tenure
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi	Bad leaders make bad followers
刚正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē	upright and plainspoken
方正 fāng zhèng	neat; square (person); clear and square
正子 zhèng zǐ	positron; also called 正电子zhèng diàn zǐ
正切 zhèng qiē	(math.) tangent (trigonometric function)
正弦 zhèng xián	(math.) sine
正房 zhèng fáng	primary wife; central building (in a traditional house)
正本 zhèng běn	original (of a document); reserved copy (of a library book)
正正 zhèng zhèng	just in time; neat; orderly
正经八百 zhèng jīng bā bǎi	very serious; solemn
刚正 gāng zhèng	upright; honest
方方正正 fāng fāng zhèng zhèng	square-shaped
正态分布 zhèng tài fēn bù	(math.) normal distribution; Gaussian distribution
正教 zhèng jiào	orthodox religion; lit. true religion
正方体 zhèng fāng tǐ	a rectangular parallelepiped

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