四正

Chinese

		four	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (四正)		四	正

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ zeng³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sì-chiàⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ zian³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ zeng³
    • Yale: si jeng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ dzeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ zéng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ t͡sɛːŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-chiàⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sì-tsiànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siecviax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕiã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ zian³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì tsiàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡ɕĩã²¹³/

Adjective

四正

1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) neat and proper

Synonyms

• 端正 (duānzhèng)

Pronunciation 2

• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): sìr-chèng

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-tsìng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/

Adverb

四正

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) earnestly and considerately (in doing things)
2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) surely; definitely

Synonyms

• (surely):

• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 保準／保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
• 保管 (bǎoguǎn)
• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn) (dialectal)
• 勢必／势必 (shìbì)
• 定必 (ding⁶ bit¹) (Cantonese)
• 必定 (bìdìng)
• 必然 (bìrán)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 準保／准保 (zhǔnbǎo)
• 準定／准定 (zhǔndìng)
• 無疑／无疑 (wúyí)
• 硬額／硬额 (Min Nan)
• 肯定 (kěndìng)