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正字

正字

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (正字)		正	字

Noun

正字

standard or regular script
standard character

Derived terms

正字法 (zhèngzìfǎ)

Verb

正字

to correct a mistyped word or character

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhèngzì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chiàⁿ-jī / chiàⁿ-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhèngzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    正字
    正自
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: zing³ zi⁶
  - Yale: jing jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dzi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡siː²²/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    政治
    正字
    正自
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-jī / chiàⁿ-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-jī / tsiànn-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviarji, cviarli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/, /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ d͡ʑi⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/, /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã¹¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi³³/, /t͡ɕiã¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁴¹ d͡ʑi³³/, /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁴¹ li³³/