正
Meanings
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- 1.straight
- 2.upright
- 3.proper
- 4.main
- 5.principal
- 6.to correct
- 7.to rectify
- 8.exactly
- 9.just (at that time)
- 10.right (in that place)
- 11.(math.) positive
- 1.first month of the lunar year
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Wiktionary
- 1.straight; upright in proper position; middle
- 2.right; proper; correct; upright
- 3.obverse; right
- 4.regular; standard
- 5.precisely; directly; perfectly
- 6.primary; chief; main; full
- 7.pure; unmixed; authentic; true
- 8.pretty; attractive; beautiful
- 9.awesome; fantastic
- 10.just now; right now; in the process of
- 11.just; exactly; precisely
- 12.to straighten; to make straight
- 13.to make right; to rectify; to correct
- 14.ten duodecillion(10⁴⁰)
- 15.regular
- 16.positive; plus
- 17.positive
- 18.sharp; on the dot
- 19.only; merely
- 20.just; just now
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs): phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ) + semantic 止 (“foot”) – to go on a long journey. Original form of 征 (OC *tjeŋ, “to go on long campaign”). Later, 丁 was simplified into a horizontal stroke, as in 旦. Folk etymologies do not recognize 丁. Graphically, the modern version of the character is the reverse of 之. Sino-Tibetan or area word: “centre; target; first (month); straight; correct”. Compare Mizo dîng (“to go straight or direct (as person, arrow etc.); to go straight through without breaking the journey; straight; direct”). Matisoff sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-tjak/ŋ ~ tik/ŋ (“good; very; real; straight”) for this, which includes 正, 直 (OC *dɯɡ, “straight; right”) and 實 (OC *ɦliɡ, “solid; true”). Additionally, Matisoff has Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(r)waŋ (“straight; straighten”), whence Chepang धेङ्सा (dʰeŋ-, “straight”), Jingpho ding (“straight”), Tibetan དྲང་པོ (drang po, “straight; correct; upright; just; fair”), Burmese တန်း (tan:, “straight; to head straight for”). Also compare Khmer ទៀង (tiĕng, “accurate; correct; exact; precise; honest”) and Thai ดิ่ง (dìng, “vertically; straight; to plummet”). Derivatives: * 征 (OC *tjeŋ, “to go straight > to go on a journey”) * 政 (OC *tjeŋs, “correct; to govern; government; to determine”) * 整 (OC *tjeŋʔ, “orderly; to arrange; to dispose”) For etymology of pronunciation 正 (zhēng) in the month 正月 (zhēngyuè)'s name, see there.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
你完全正確。
You are absolutely right.
你完全正確。
You're absolutely right.
我们正参与。
We're taking part.
我们正参与。
We're involved.
我正流着汗。
I'm dripping with sweat.
我正考慮到你。
I'm thinking about you.
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Derived terms
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