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HSK
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
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
formal; official
HSK 3
regular / normal / ordinary
HSK 2
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
is precisely
HSK 2
just as / precisely as
HSK 5
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
upright / upstanding / honest
HSK 7-9
corrigenda
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
positive charge (electricity)
upstanding person / upright person
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
midday / noon / noonday
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
sinusoidal (shaped like a sine wave)
one's proper business
normal operation / proper functioning
honest / reasonable / fair / sensible
HSK 6
upright gentleman / man of honor
solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
positive pole
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)
certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods
a person's face as seen from the front
exactly what one wants
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
direct proportionality
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
standard form of a Chinese character / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
(Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman
serious / earnest / real / true
positrons and electrons
orthogonality
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
just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value
a rectangular parallelepiped
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气 (TCM)
first month of the lunar year
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
goose-step (for military parades)
bourgeois tragedy
square
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
orthoclase KAlSi3O8 (rock-forming mineral, type of feldspar)
earnest / authentic
sine wave / simple harmonic vibration
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
to be just about to / to be on the point of
primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
standard pronunciation / to correct sb's pronunciation
formal dress
Justicialist Party
positron (antiparticle of the electron)
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
main entrance / main gate / portal
regular hexagon
starring female role in a Chinese opera
positive feedback
microbiome / microbiota
see 正路
to come at the right time / to be opportune
empress
lit. true religion / orthodox religion / orthodox Christianity / Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
forward direction / (math.) positive direction
starring male role in a Chinese opera
reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
shoe that can be worn on either foot
to sit upright and still (idiom)
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
formal vote
(math.) sine
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
direct ratio / directly proportional
positive integer
Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
(math.) plus or minus sign; ±
positron emission tomography (PET)
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
normal fault (geology)
law of sines
(political) legitimacy
an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控
directly facing
positive number
correct usage

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