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(2) Wife in 令正 your wife (from 正室, dist. 副室 concubine);
扶正 make the concubine wife after wife is dead;
cf. 明媒正娶 legally married.
(3) Orthodoxy: 去邪歸正 return to orthodox path;
正誤表 errata.
(4) (*[zheng1]) First month: 正月 January;
新正 New Year;
來正 coming New Year.
正名 [zheng4ming2]↓;
改正 to correct;
正誤 to correct misprints;
修正 revise (laws, text);
訂正 establish correct text;
指正 act as correct guide;
就正有道 ask for guidance or correction from those who know;
尚請教正 please advise and correct;
正法 [zheng4fa3]↓.
正道，正路，正途，正軌 [zheng4dao4], [zheng4lu4], [zheng4tu2], [zheng4gui3]↓;
not oblique: 端正 (face) properly proportioned, proper (conduct).
(2) Main, center opp. 偏 [pian1], side: 正廳 main hall;
正殿 main temple or palace;
正室 legal wife;
正門 main or center door;
principal, opp. 副 secondary or subsidiary: 正科 major course, opp. 副科 minor course;
正業 main occupation (opp. 副業);
正號 correct, formal title.
(3) Exact, due: 正東，正南 exact due east, due south;
正中 exact enter.
(4) Orthodox: 正統 [zheng4tong3]↓;
正枝正葉 or 嫡正子孫 the linear descendants.
(5) Upright, just: 正直 [zheng4zhi2]1;
正氣，正義 [zheng4qi4], [zheng4yi4]↓.
(6) Positive (electricity): 正電，負電 positive and negative electricity.
(7) Pure, unmixed: 正味 pure flavors;
正色 [zheng4se4]↓.
正是那個人 exactly that person;
正巧 [zheng4qiao3]↓;
正應該 just what should be done;
正十二時 exactly tweleve o'clock;
(put behind numbers in checks to prevent alteration): 三千元正 three thousand dollars exact.
(2) Just in the process of doing: 正在 or 正吃飯 was just having dinner;
正想 I was just thinking (of calling you up, etc.);
正要 was just going to.
2.正比例 [zheng4bi3li4], n., as in 成正比例 is in direct proportion.
3.正常 [zheng4chang2], adj., normal (opp. 反常 abnormal).
4.正巧 [zheng4qiao3], adv., by a happy chance (he walked in when I needed him).
5.正氣 [zheng4qi4], n., the sense of honor, sense of right, the moral sense.
6.正寢 [zheng4qin3], v.i., esp. in 壽終正寢 die peacefully in bed.
7.正確 [zheng4qUe4], adj., correct (figures, understanding): 思想不正確 questionable thinking or ideas.
8.正取 [zheng4qU3], adj., regularly passed candidate, dist. 備取 those on reserve list.
9.正大 [zheng4da4], adj., as in 正大光明 (signboard for the throne room) impartial, just and open.
10.正旦 [zheng4dan4], n., (1) main female role in opera; (2) (*[zheng1dan4]) New Year's Day.
11.正當 [zheng4dang4], (1) adj., proper (opportunity, work, relations); (2) ([zheng4dang1]) adv., just as (I was leaving, etc.).
12.正道 [zheng4dao4], n., orthodox doctrine or teachings.
13.正電 [zheng4dian4], n., positive electricity.
14.正對點 [zheng4dui4dian3], n., (astron.) antipode.
15.正法 [zheng4fa3], v.t., to execute (prisoner) (“according to law”): 就地正法 execute(d) on the spot.
16.正犯 [zheng4fan4], n., main culprit.
17.正方 [zheng4fang1], (1) adj., exactly square; adj., 正方形 exact square; (2) phr., just as (one was doing s.t.).
18.正該 [zheng4gai1], phr., should exactly: 正該如此 exactly as it should be.
19.正軌 [zheng4gui3], n., the right track, the correct path (of conduct).
20.正規 [zheng4gui1], adj., regular: 正規軍 [zheng4gui1jUn1], n., units of the regular army.
21.正宮 [zheng4gong1], n., the rightful queen or empress (opp. imperial concubines).
22.正果 [zheng4guo3], n., (Budd.) spiritual progress through right path.
23.正好 [zheng4hao3], (1) adv., at the right (apposite) moment; (2) phr., just right.
24.正號 [zheng4hao4], n., correct title.
25.正張兒 [zheng4zhang1er0], n., regular pages of newspaper, opp. 副張兒 supplement.
26.正轍 [zheng4zhe2], n., right track, path.
27.正角 [zheng4jiao3], n., (math.) right angle.
28.正經 [zheng4jing0], adj., serious, not frivolous: 正經人 a man with serious occupation; 正經話 serious words, not said in fun; 正經貨 the real article, not imitation.
29.正中 [zheng4zhong1], adj., squarely in the middle.
30.正支 [zheng4zhi1], n., (1) legitimate expense; (2) branch of eldest son.
31.正直 [zheng4zhi2]1, adj., morally upright.
32.正值 [zheng4zhi2]2, phr., just happen (to be a Sunday).
33.正覺 [zheng4jUe2], n., (Budd.) real awakening to truth.
34.正理 [zheng4li3], n., (1) justice; (2) proper manner or way: 這樣做是正理 this is the right way to do it.
35.正路 [zheng4lu4], n., the right path.
36.正論 [zheng4lun4], n., correct, impartial opinion.
37.正面 [zheng4mian4], n., the right side, opp. 反面 the reverse side.
38.正命 [zheng4ming4], n., (AC) natural death.
39.正名 [zheng4ming2], n., as in 正名主義 (Confu.) the doctrine of calling a thing by its right name.
40.正派 [zheng4pai4], adj. & n., (1) (people) of the serious, gentlemanly type; (2) the orthodox school.
41.正牌兒 [zheng4pa2er0], n., original brand (of goods).
42.正人 [zheng4ren2], n., gentleman: 正人君子 gentleman; (also derog.) hypocrite, quasi-gentleman.
43.正三角形 [zheng4san1jiao3xing2], n., (math) right triangle.
44.正色 [zheng4se4], n., (1) severe countenance: 正色厲聲 with a severe countenance and a harsh voice; (2) solid, pure colors.
45.正身 [zheng4shen1], v.i., as in 先正其身 (Confucian) start by right personal conduct as an example.
46.正生 [zheng4sheng1], n., main male role in opera.
47.正獻 [zheng4xian4], n., chief officer at sacrifices.
48.正項 [zheng4xiang4], n., (math.) positive term.
49.正心 [zheng4xin1], v.i., (Confu.) to set the heart in the right place, one of the steps of self-cultivation.
50.正書 [zheng4shu1], n., the formal style of script (＝楷書).
51.正數 [zheng4shu4], n., (math.) a plus quantity, dist. 負數 minus quantity.
52.正朔 *[zheng1shou4], n., (1) the New Year's Day; (2) official calendar: 改正朔 change the calendar.
53.正式 [zheng4shi4]1, adj. & adv., formal, -ly (adoption, marriage, resign,-nation, negotiate, -tion, etc.).
54.正事 [zheng4shi4]2, n., what is one's proper duty; proper avocation.
55.正室 [zheng4shi4]3, n., wife.
56.正是 [zheng4shi4]4, phr., be exactly: 正是心所願 exactly what I wish.
57.正學 [zheng4xUe2], n., (Confu.) orthodox school or opinions, opp. 曲學，異端 heresy, heterodoxy, not orthodox opinions.
58.正兇 [zheng4xiong1], n., main culprit.
59.正史 [zheng4shi3], n. standard, authorized history, dist. 野史 privately compiled history.
60.正堂 [zheng4tang2], n., formerly, chief magistrate.
61.正體 [zheng4ti3], n., standard way of writing (characters).
62.正途 [zheng4tu2], n., proper avocation; the moral path.
63.正統 [zheng4tong3], n., (1) orthodox tradition of thought or ideas; (2) (Chin. history) standard line of succession, or universal sovereignty, dist. rulers of parts of China only.
64.正在 [zheng4zai4], phr., 正在 or 正在…中 in the process of (writing a letter, planning, etc.).
65.正則 [zheng4ze2], n., correct procedure.
66.正宗 [zheng4zong1], n., main school of thought; main line of succession; the right and conventional, accepted tradition.
67.正文 [zheng4wen2], n., the text, dist. running commentary.
68.正午 [zheng4wu3], n., midnoon.
69.正顏 [zheng4yan2], severe countenance.
70.正業 [zheng4ye4], n., main occupation.
71.正義 [zheng4yi4], n., (1) justice, the cause of justice; 正義感 sense of righteousness; (2) often name of book of commentary on classic, chiefly exegetical.
72.正音 [zheng4yin1], n., correct pronunciation.
73.正月 *[zheng1yUe4], n., January.