中正

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (中正)		中	正
anagram		正中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chêng⁴
    • Yale: jūng-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjenq
    • Palladius: чжунчжэн (čžunčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ zing³
    • Yale: jūng jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 中正

1. (literary) just; impartial; fair

Synonyms

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• 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
• 中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 公允 (gōngyǔn)
• 公平 (gōngpíng)
• 公正 (gōngzhèng)
• 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
• 公道 (gōngdao)
• 大正 (literary)
• 平允 (píngyǔn)
• 平正 (píngzhèng)
• 持平 (chípíng)
• 掠平 (Hokkien)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 中正

1. (historical) impartial judge (local dignitary charged with ranking potential candidates for public service)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 中正

1. (～區) Zhongzheng, Jhongjheng (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
2. (～區) Zhongzheng (a district of Keelung City, Taiwan)
3. (～里) An urban village in Songshan district, Taipei, Taiwan

Further reading

• “Entry #51767”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.