正
Meaning
- straight
- upright
- proper
Example sentence
他很公正。
He's very fair-minded.
The character 正
正 is a foot brought to a stop square on a line: straight, upright, correct. 正确 correct, 正常 normal, 正好 just right — and 正在 puts an action in progress: 我正在吃饭.
Words containing 正
- 正在 zhèng zài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 真正 zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true
- 正常 zhèng cháng normal; regular
- 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time)
- 正确 zhèng què correct; sound; right; proper
- 正是 zhèng shì is precisely
- 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway
- 正式 zhèng shì formal; official
- 改正 gǎi zhèng to correct