正義

See also: 正义

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (正義)		正	義
simp. (正义)		正	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳn-ngi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-gī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngyì
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: jèng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqyih
    • Palladius: чжэнъи (čžɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ ji⁶
    • Yale: jing yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-gī
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeanggi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/

Etymology 1

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 正義

1. righteous; just

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 正義

1. justice; fairness
2. (literary) correct meaning
3. a genre of commentary on classic Chinese texts

See also

• 公理 (gōnglǐ)
• 正理 (zhènglǐ)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 正義.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 正義

1. Masayoshi (a Japanese male given name)
2. Tadayoshi (a Japanese male given name)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	義
せい Grade: 1	ぎ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
正	義
ただ Grade: 1	よし Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
正	義
まさ Grade: 1	よし Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• • Homophones: 正議, 声妓, 性技, 清議, 盛儀, 晴儀, 精義

Noun

正(せい)義(ぎ) • (seigi) 

1. justice
   • 2016 January 22, “ギデオンの[誓](ちか)い [Oath of Gideon]”, in ゲートウォッチの誓い [Oath of the Gatewatch], Wizards of the Coast:

     正(せい)義(ぎ)と平(へい)和(わ)のため、私(わたし)はゲートウォッチとなる。

     Seigi to heiwa no tame, watashi wa Gētowotchi to naru.

     For justice and peace, I will be one of the Gatewatch.

   • 2003 July 17, “ギガ・ガガギゴ [Giga Gagagigo]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], Konami:

     強(きょう)大(だい)な悪(あく)に立(た)ち向(む)かうため、様(さま)々(ざま)な肉(にく)体(たい)改(かい)造(ぞう)をほどこした結(けっ)果(か)恐(おそ)るべきパワーを手(て)に入(い)れたが、その代(だい)償(しょう)として正(せい)義(ぎ)の心(こころ)を失(うしな)ってしまった。

     Kyōdai na aku ni tachimukau tame, samazama na nikutai kaizō o hodokoshita kekka osorubeki pawā o te ni ireta ga, sono daishō toshite seigi no kokoro o ushinatte shimatta.

     In order to fight tremendous evil, he had to get his hands on formidable power from a great deal of body reconstruction, at the cost of his righteous heart.

2. (tarot) Justice

Coordinate terms

• タロット (tarotto, “tarot”)

Proper noun

正(まさ)義(よし) • (Masayoshi) 

1. a male given name

正(ただ)義(よし) • (Tadayoshi) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja in this term
正	義

Noun

正義 • (jeong'ui) (hangeul 정의)

1. Hanja form^? of 정의 (“justice”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
正	義

Noun

正義

1. Template:han tu form of