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HSK
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
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
regular / normal / ordinary
HSK 2
correct; sound; right; proper
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
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版
HSK 5
just as / precisely as
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
honest / reasonable / fair / sensible
HSK 6
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
upright / upstanding / honest
HSK 7-9
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
midday / noon / noonday
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
timely / just (when needed)
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
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
to be just about to / to be on the point of
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to execute / the law
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控
Zhengyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店, Henan
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
positive and negative
square
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
regular (figure in geometry)
normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)
one's proper business
(regular) meal / full meal / main course
the right track
empress
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
neat / orderly / just in time
dead center; the very middle
just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage)
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
regular army / standing army
Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
Zhengyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店, Henan
standard form of a Chinese character / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
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
regular polyhedron
bourgeois tragedy
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋 and 偏鋒|偏锋)
to be in the prime of life
first month of the lunar year
officially recognized; genuine; legitimate
sense (in DNA)
very serious / solemn
direct proportionality
stern / grim / resolute / firm / unflinching / fundamental colors
(math.) plus sign (+)
Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
(math.) sine
Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
positive pole
one's regular job
just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
positive number
starring male role in a Chinese opera
positive integer
directly facing
orthography (linguistics)
Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
orthogonal projection
to be just like
first day of the first lunar month / (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty
to sit upright and still (idiom)
exactly what one wants
correct usage
primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
goose-step (for military parades)
solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling / also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
main subject of long novel / true biography
normal fault (geology)
upstanding person / upright person
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling

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