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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
regular / normal / ordinary
HSK 2
is precisely
HSK 2
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
formal; official
HSK 3
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版
HSK 5
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
just as / precisely as
HSK 5
honest / reasonable / fair / sensible
HSK 6
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
upright / upstanding / honest
HSK 7-9
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document)
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
(Tw) (slang) authentic; genuine (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tsiànn-káng])
bourgeois tragedy
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
timely / just (when needed)
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
orthodontics
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
orthogonality
secant (of angle), written sec θ
(math.) normal distribution / Gaussian distribution
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
sine wave / simple harmonic vibration
main subject of long novel / true biography
main entrance / main gate / portal
to be just about to / to be on the point of
positive number
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
(math.) sine
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气 (TCM)
(regular) meal / full meal / main course
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
stern / grim / resolute / firm / unflinching / fundamental colors
the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
first month of the lunar year
certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods
midday / noon / noonday
goose-step (for military parades)
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
officially recognized; genuine; legitimate
central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
upright gentleman / man of honor
serious / earnest / real / true
just and honorable
see 正路
central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife
to execute / the law
(math.) plus or minus sign; ±
(math.) tangent (trigonometric function)
orthography
just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
direct ratio / directly proportional
positron / also called 正電子|正电子
main hall of a Buddhist temple
first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
starring female role in a Chinese opera
dead center; the very middle
very serious / solemn
young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控
exactly what one wants
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling / also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
in the process of (doing something or happening) / while (doing)
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗
orthodoxy; tradition / orthodox; traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate
Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
to sit upright and still (idiom)
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
upstanding person / upright person
starring male role in a Chinese opera
positrons and electrons
square
regular expression (computing)
to be just like
timing (of an engine)
normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈 in 17th century

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