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zhēng

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 5

zhēng · zing3 (Jyutping)

  1. first month of the lunar year

zhèng · zing3 (Jyutping)

  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

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

正

Meaning
right, proper, correct
Radical
止
Strokes
5
Components
⿱一止
Cangjie
MYLM
Four-corner
1010.1

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