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

式合成词 piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí modified compound word
式合成詞 piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí modified compound word
偏邪不 piān xié bù zhèng biased; prejudiced (idiom)
道 bā zhèng dao the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism)
gāng zhèng honest; upright
不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken
kuāng zhèng to correct; to amend; to redress (evils)
一样 fǎn zhèng yī yàng whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference; six of one and half a dozen of the other; as broad as it is long
一樣 fǎn zhèng yī yàng whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference; six of one and half a dozen of the other; as broad as it is long
名不言不顺 míng bu zhèng yán bu shùn (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred
名不言不順 míng bu zhèng yán bu shùn (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred
言順 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
吴官 wú guān zhèng Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
吳官 wú guān zhèng Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
yán zhèng sternly; solemn
壽終寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
民 xià zhèng mín Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
dà zhèng Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
腔圓 zì zhèng qiāng yuán (of singing or speaking) very articulate pronunciation and vocalizing
不阿 shǒu zhèng bù ē to be strictly just and impartial
zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
dǎo zhèng (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction; to correct (behavior etc)
dǎo zhèng (Tw) to guide sb in the right direction; to correct (behavior etc)
就地法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution; to carry out the law on the spot
jiù zhèng (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing)