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

比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio; directly proportional
当中 zhèng dāng zhōng right in the midpoint; a bull's eye; to hit the nail on the head
职 zhèng zhí main job; day job; steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual); chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
电 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity)
体 zhèng tǐ 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
dìng zhèng to make a correction
液 xiū zhèng yè correction fluid
腔圆 zì zhèng qiāng yuán (of singing or speaking) very articulate pronunciation and vocalizing
常化 zhèng cháng huà normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
德 zhèng dé 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]
殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple
当年 zhèng dāng nián to be in the prime of life
离子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion; cation (physics)
音 zhèng yīn standard pronunciation; to correct sb's pronunciation
骨 zhèng gǔ bonesetting; Chinese osteopathy
恩 jīn zhèng ēn Kim Jong-un (c. 1983-), third son of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], supreme leader of North Korea from 2011
一本經 yī běn zhèng jīng in deadly earnest; deadpan
上颚门齿 shàng è zhèng mén chǐ maxillary central incisor
上顎門齒 shàng è zhèng mén chǐ maxillary central incisor
不公 bù gōng zhèng injustice
不務業 bù wù zhèng yè not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties
之风 bù zhèng zhī fēng unhealthy tendency
之風 bù zhèng zhī fēng unhealthy tendency
常 bù zhèng cháng abnormal
常状况 bù zhèng cháng zhuàng kuàng abnormal state