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HSK
to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
HSK 1
regular / normal / ordinary
HSK 2
correct; sound; right; proper
HSK 2
is precisely
HSK 2
genuine; real; true / really; indeed
HSK 2
just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that
HSK 2
formal; official
HSK 3
anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side
HSK 3
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版
HSK 5
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
just as / precisely as
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
just; fair; equitable
HSK 5
to correct / to make right
HSK 6
honest / reasonable / fair / sensible
HSK 6
front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open
HSK 7-9
to revise; to amend; to rectify
HSK 7-9
upright / regular / proper / correct
HSK 7-9
to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
HSK 7-9
to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten
HSK 7-9
unhealthy tendency
HSK 7-9
orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
HSK 7-9
upright and honest / integrity
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
upright / upstanding / honest
HSK 7-9
positive energy / positivity
HSK 7-9
regular (figure in geometry)
adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
fair and honest
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *正* | 正* | *正
first month of the lunar year
midday / noon / noonday
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc)
certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods
the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
Zhengyang county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店, Henan
positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
bourgeois tragedy
to make a correction
sternly / solemn
positive pole
to correct / to make a correction
decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards
healthy atmosphere; moral spirit / unyielding integrity; probity / (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
to execute / the law
timely / just (when needed)
middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub
the correct path / the right way (Buddhism)
orthodontics
Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
(of a train etc) on time; punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour
Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗
orthodoxy; tradition / orthodox; traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗
original (of a document) / reserved copy (of a library book)
positive charge (electricity)
(of a person) upright; respectable; decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
orthogonality
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
secant (of angle), written sec θ
upright and honorable
standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
clear and square / neat / square (person)
sine wave / simple harmonic vibration
main subject of long novel / true biography
main entrance / main gate / portal
to be just about to / to be on the point of
Zheng'an county in Zunyi 遵義|遵义, Guizhou
positive number
true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document)
to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling)
(math.) sine
opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气 and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气 (TCM)
not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties
(regular) meal / full meal / main course
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
(lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
first month of the lunar year
pure / unadulterated / (of motives etc) honest
displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square
the right track
goose-step (for military parades)
(literary) to follow the right path
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
officially recognized; genuine; legitimate
honest / upright
Eastern Orthodox Church
Zhengning county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
to stand straight / attention! (order to troops)
(idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
in a way that justifies the use of the term / genuine / proper / in a way that conforms to logic / justifiable / appropriate / perfectly legitimate

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