正邪

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious
trad. (正邪)		正	邪
simp. #(正邪)		正	邪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ ce⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngsié
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-hsieh²
    • Yale: jèng-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshye
    • Palladius: чжэнсе (čžɛnse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ ce⁴
    • Yale: jing chèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ tse⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ cé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɛː²¹/

Noun

正邪

1. opposition between vital energy (正氣) and pathogeny (邪氣)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正邪):

• → Japanese: 正邪(せいじゃ) (seija)
• → Korean: 정사(正邪) (jeongsa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	邪
せい Grade: 1	じゃ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ーじゃ [séꜜèjà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːʑa̠]

Noun

正(せい)邪(じゃ) • (seija) 

1. right and wrong

Derived terms

• 正(せい)邪(じゃ)曲(きょく)直(ちょく) (seijakyokuchoku)