正 zhèng
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adjective
upright; straight
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 sv; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 42) -
adverb
just doing something; just now
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 adv 2; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43) -
verb
to straighten; to correct
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 v; Guoyu '正' zhèng v 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 2, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43) -
adjective
main; central; primary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 正门 'main entrance' (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 1; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 6; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 42) -
adjective
fundamental; original
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 正本 original manuscript (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 6; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43) -
adjective
precise; exact; accurate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 2; Unihan '正') -
adjective
at right angles
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 3) -
adjective
unbiased; impartial
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不偏斜 (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 10; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 2; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1a, pp. 602-603) -
adjective
true; correct; orthodox
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 5; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 4; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43; Unihan '正') -
adjective
unmixed; pure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 精纯 (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 4; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 3) -
adjective
positive (charge)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: The opposite of 负 'negative' (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 7; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 7; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43) -
adjective
positive (number)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mathematics
Notes: As in 正数 (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 8; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 7) -
adjective
standard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 11) -
adjective
chief; principal; primary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 12; Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 5; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 4, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43) -
adjective
honest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 9) -
verb
to execute; to carry out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'zhèng' 正 bf 14) -
adverb
precisely
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, 正合时 perfectly timed (ABC 'zhèng' 正 adv 1; Guoyu '正' zhèng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 5, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 43) -
adjective
accepted; conventional
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '正' zhèng adj 1; Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 1b, pp. 602-603) -
verb
to govern
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 政 (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 3, pp. 602-603) -
adverb
only; just
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhèng 5a, pp. 602-603) -
noun
first month
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of the Chinese lunar calendar, as in 正月 (ABC 'zhēng' 正 adv 1; Guoyu '正' zhēng; Kroll 2015 '正' zhēng 1, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 44) -
noun
center of a target
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '正' zhēng 2, pp. 602-603; Mathews 1931 '正', p. 44) -
adjective
Righteous
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
noun
right manner; nyāya
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nyāya, Japanese: jō, or: shō, Tibetan: rigs pa (BCSD '正', p. 683; DJBT '正', p. 424; Mahāvyutpatti 'nyāyaḥ'; MW 'nyāya'; SH '正', p. 192)
Contained in
- 一日修来一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中(一日修來一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中) Each day's worth of practice is each day's worth of merit, Each day's share of negligence is each day's share of vanity; True practice is found within everyday life, Because the Buddha is nowhere but in life itself.
- 正分别(正分別) right intention
- 正性 divine nature
- 宝行王正论(寶行王正論) Rājaparikathāratnamālī; Bao Xing Wang Zheng Lun
- 正法轮(正法輪) Wheel of the True Dharma
- 正遍知 correct peerless enlightenment ; Truly All-Knowing; Knower of the world; the Buddha
- 正宗分 the second of three parts of a sutra
- 正门(正門) main entrance; main gate; portal ; true doctrine ; true doctrine
- 宁可正而不足 不可邪而有余(寧可正而不足 不可邪而有餘) One would rather be righteous yet insufficient than sufficient yet unrighteous.
- 大集会正法经(大集會正法經) Sanghāṭīsūtradharmaparyāya; Da Jihui Zhengfa Jing
- 正大光明 just and honorable ; Be Just and Honorable
- 正量部 Sammatiya school
- 居正人和 我心无愧(居正人和 我心無愧) Abide in Righteousness, Maintain Interpersonal Harmony; I Am With a Clear Conscience
Also contained in
修正主义 、 正宫娘娘 、 任正非 、 正壁 、 正义 、 正派 、 正剧 、 洪武正韵 、 忠正 、 正当事业 、 正人君子 、 指正 、 硬正 、 修正案 、 正角 、 正港 、 不正当关系 、 正当 、 偏正词组 、 堂堂正正 、 正午 、 方正 、 扶正 、 重正化 、 正时 、 正是四国 、 正电子发射层析 、 正方向 、 齿颚矫正学 、 正式公文 、 公正 、 正字 、 不正当竞争 、 明公正道 、 正弦 、 正理 、 不正确 、 正儿八经
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 287
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 238
- Scroll 324 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 194 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Yin Chi Ru Jing Zhu 陰持入經註 — count: 166
- Scroll 313 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 158 , has parallel version
- Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 151
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 149
- Scroll 8 Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記 — count: 141
- Scroll 330 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 133 , has parallel version
- Scroll 6 Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記 — count: 130
Collocations
- 正敬 (正敬) 是以子當以五事正敬 — Śṛgālavāda Sūtra (Shan Sheng Zi Jing) 善生子經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 正养 (正養) 正養 — Śṛgālavāda Sūtra (Shan Sheng Zi Jing) 善生子經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 五事正 (五事正) 是以子當以五事正敬 — Śṛgālavāda Sūtra (Shan Sheng Zi Jing) 善生子經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 正等 (正等) 此二功德正等無異 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 正度 (正度) 是謂正度欲疾 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 清净正 (清凈正) 當修清淨正白梵行 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 正坐 (正坐) 種德婆羅門端身正坐 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 4
- 师法正 (師法正) 汝師法正 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 4
- 正梵行 (正梵行) 行正梵行 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 正白 (正白) 當修清淨正白梵行 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 4