正大

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (正大)		正	大
anagram		大正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳn-thai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-tōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdà
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-ta⁴
    • Yale: jèng-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdah
    • Palladius: чжэнда (čžɛnda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴ tai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-tōa
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-tuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviardoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tua²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ tua³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tua³³/

Adjective

正大

1. (of behaviour, actions, etc.) proper; appropriate; legitimate; reasonable; above board; upright; honest

Synonyms

• 剛正／刚正 (gāngzhèng)
• 剛直／刚直 (gāngzhí)
• 悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
• 方正 (fāngzhèng)
• 樸直／朴直 (pǔzhí)
• 正派 (zhèngpài)
• 正當／正当
• 正直 (zhèngzhí)
• 正經／正经
• 硬直 (Hokkien)
• 端 (duān)
• 端正 (duānzhèng)
• 耿介 (gěngjiè) (literary)
• 耿直 (gěngzhí)

 

Derived terms

• 光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	大
まさ Grade: 1	ひろ Grade: 1

Proper noun

正(まさ)大(ひろ) • (Masahiro) 

1. a male given name