Word |
Components |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
正 |
一止 |
zhèng |
1. straight; upright in proper position; middle |
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正門 - front door |
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把 畫 掛 正。 - Hang the painting straight. |
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(ant, zh, 歪) |
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2. right; proper; correct; upright |
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正路 - right way; correct path |
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正派 - decent; upright; proper |
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公正 - just; fair |
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他 作風 不 正。 - He behaves with impropriety. |
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行haang4得正企得正 - to act in a proper manner |
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3. obverse; right |
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25 美分 硬幣 的 正面 是 華盛頓 總統 的 頭像。 - The obverse of a quarter shows the profile of George Washington. |
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(ant, zh, 反) |
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4. regular; standard |
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正規 - regular; standard |
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正楷 - regular script |
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5. precisely; directly; perfectly |
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正 前方 - straight ahead |
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正 南 - due south |
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6. primary; chief; main; full |
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正文 - main body |
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正 副 主任 - full director and deputy director |
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正省級 - full-provincial level |
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7. pure; unmixed; authentic; true |
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正 紅色 - pure red |
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8. pretty; attractive; beautiful |
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9. (Cantonese) awesome; fantastic |
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依 間 餐廳 正zeng3 呀! - This restaurant is awesome! |
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10. just now; right now; in the process of |
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我 正 等 著着zhe 呢。 - I'm waiting. |
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外面 正在 下雪。 - It's snowing outside. |
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那 時候 我 正 在 上海 讀書。 - At that time I was studying in Shanghai |
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11. just; exactly; precisely |
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正如 你 剛才 說 的。 - Precisely as you have said just now |
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12. to straighten; to make straight |
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把 帽子 正 一 正 - to straighten out one’s hat |
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13. to make right; to rectify; to correct |
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正音 - to correct one's pronunciation |
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14. (numeral) ten duodecillion(10) |
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15. (mathematics) regular |
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正 六邊形 - regular hexagon |
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正 四面體 - regular tetrahedron |
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16. (mathematics) positive; plus |
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正 整數 - positive integer |
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17. (physics) positive |
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正極 - positive pole |
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18. (time) sharp; on the dot |
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正午 - noon |
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而家 係 五點 正zing3。 - It's 5 o'clock on the dot. |
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19. (Hakka, Teochew) only; merely |
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20. (Hakka, Teochew) just; just now |
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21. (Hakka, Teochew) only then; only after |
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22. (Hakka, Teochew) (Used to emphasize that something is/is not.) |
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23. (Min Nan) right (direction) |
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24. (tally marks) five (successive strokes of 正 are added in writing sequence to tally a count of five per character) |
zhēng |
25. first (month of the lunar year) |
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新正zhēng - first month of the lunar new year |
此 |
止匕 |
cǐ |
1. (literary) this | |
(ant, zh, 彼) |
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此 號碼 無法 接通。 - This number cannot be reached. |
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2. (literary) here |
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請 按 此。 - Please press here. |
徙 |
彳止龰 |
xǐ |
1. to move one's abode; to shift; to migrate; to relocate | |
2. to substitute; to transplant; to swap |
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3. (Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew) to move (an object) |
步 |
止 |
bù |
1. to walk; to stroll | |
2. to measure distance by steps |
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3. to follow; to imitate; to copy |
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4. to calculate; to reckon |
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5. (classical) two steps |
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6. step; pace; distance between two feet when walking |
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7. (figurative) step; procedure |
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求職 的 第一 步 - the first step to finding a job |
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8. stance; position; situation |
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9. (military) infantry |
肯 |
止月 |
kěn, kěng |
1. (zh-o) meat attached to the bone; tendon; sinew | |
2. to be willing to; to be ready to |
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3. to consent to; to permit; to agree |
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4. (archaic, rhetorical question) how could it be that |
企 |
止 |
企 |
1. (zh-o)(alternative form alt, zh, 跂) to stand on one's tiptoes | |
2. (Cantonese, Hakka) to stand |
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3. (zh-no-solo) to expect anxiously |
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企望 - to hope for |
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4. (zh-no-solo) to plan |
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企劃 - to plan; plan |
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5. (chiefly in compounds) Short for 企業 (enterprise) |
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國企 - state-owned enterprise |
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私企 - private enterprise |
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政---企 關係 - relationship between the government and the enterprises |
齿 |
止凵人 |
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1. Simplified form of 齒 |
延 |
廴丿止 |
yán |
1. to prolong | |
2. to stretch; to extend |
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3. to engage; to send for |
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4. to delay; to postpone; to defer |
扯 |
扌止 |
chě |
1. to pull; to tug (usually something that is flexible) | |
唔好 扯 住 我 件 衫。 - Stop pulling my shirt. |
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2. to tear |
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3. to talk casually; to chat |
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(zh-co, 胡扯, to chatter idly) |
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4. ridiculous; crazy |
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今天 看病 要 等 六 個 小時,太 扯 了! - Today, people had to wait for six hours to see the doctor. It's absolutely ridiculous! |
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5. (dialectal, of weather) to fall; to have |
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扯霍閃 - ce3 ho2 san3 - to have lightning, M-S |
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6. (dialectal) to play (a stringed instrument) |
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7. (Cantonese) to raise by pulling; to hoist |
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扯旗 - to hoist a flag |
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8. (Cantonese) to breathe; to puff; to suck in |
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(zh-co, 扯鼻鼾, to snore, C) |
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(zh-co, 扯 飛 煙, to smoke a dart, C) |
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9. (Cantonese) Short for 扯旗 (to have an erection) |
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10. (Cantonese) to leave |
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凳 都 未 坐 暖 就 扯? - Your seat isn't even warm yet, and you're leaving? |
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你 扯 啦,唔好 煩 住 我。 - Leave and stop bothering me. |
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11. (Cantonese) away |
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(zh-co, 拎 扯, to take away, C) |
耻 |
耳止 |
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1. Variant of 恥 |
歧 |
止支 |
qí |
1. forked road | |
2. fork; divide |
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3. forked; divergent; different |
祉 |
礻止 |
zhǐ |
1. happiness; blessings; good luck; felicity |
涩 |
氵刃止 |
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1. Simplified form of 澀 |
址 |
土止 |
zhǐ |
1. location; address; site | |
2. ground; foundation |
芷 |
艹止 |
zhǐ |
1. angelica (Angelica dahurica) |