刻正

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (刻正)		刻	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chêng⁴
    • Yale: kè-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehjenq
    • Palladius: кэчжэн (kɛčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ zing³
    • Yale: hāk jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Adverb

刻正

1. (formal, official) in the process of

   本部刻正辦理採購作業。 [MSC, trad.]
   本部刻正办理采购作业。 [MSC, simp.]

   Běn bù kèzhèng bànlǐ cǎigòu zuòyè. [Pinyin]

   Our ministry is handling the procurement.

Usage notes

Often used in government documents.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Guilin	在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺度
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 在該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著𡅏, 𡅏
	Fuqing	著𡅏
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著𡅏
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時
	Tainan	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 佇咧
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在
Wu	Shanghai	辣, 辣辣, 辣海
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭