正室

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	room
simp. and trad. (正室)		正	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngshì, zhèngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ, ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jèng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshyh
    • Palladius: чжэнши (čžɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 政事 正事 正室 正式 正是 正視／正视

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-shih³
    • Yale: jèng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshyy
    • Palladius: чжэнши (čžɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 正史 正室 正矢

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ sat¹
    • Yale: jing sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

正室

1. (historical) legal wife
2. (historical) eldest son born by one's legal wife
3. (humorous) lawfully wedded wife (as opposed to a mistress)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	室
せい Grade: 1	しつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

正(せい)室(しつ) • (seishitsu) 

1. one's legal wife (rather than a concubine)

Antonyms

• 側室(そくしつ) (sokushitsu)