正體字

See also: 正体字

Chinese

	the “proper/standard form” of scripts, especially of Chinese characters	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (正體字)	正體	字
simp. (正体字)	正体	字
Literally: “orthodox characters”.

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngtǐzì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ tai² zi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-thé-jī / chiàⁿ-thé-jī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngtǐzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngtǐzìh
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tʻi³-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: jèng-tǐ-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtiitzyh
  - Palladius: чжэнтицзы (čžɛnticzy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɹ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ tai² zi⁶
  - Yale: jing tái jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ tai² dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ tei² ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-thé-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-thé-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangtefji
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-thé-jī
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-thé-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviartefji
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi²¹/

Noun

正體字

(chiefly Taiwan) Traditional Chinese (characters), especially the standard forms in Taiwan
Antonyms: 簡體字 / 简体字 (jiǎntǐzì), 簡化字 / 简化字 (jiǎnhuàzì), 殘體字 / 残体字 (cántǐzì)
Chinese character (traditional or simplified) that conforms to an official or historical orthography
Synonym: 正字 (zhèngzì)

Antonyms: 異體字 / 异体字 (yìtǐzì), 俗字 (súzì)
(typography) characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized
Antonyms: 斜體 / 斜体 (xiétǐ), 粗體 / 粗体 (cūtǐ)

Usage notes

When referring to Traditional Chinese characters, both 繁體字 / 繁体字 (fántǐzì) and 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) are widely used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) recommended by Taiwan government.
Sometimes 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) refers specifically to Taiwan standard forms or historically standard forms, and the nonstandard forms are called variant / 异体字 or popular form, or 簡體字 / 简体字 (jiǎntǐzì) if it is a simplified form.
- E.g. in Taiwan, 臺 is as a 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì), while 台 is a 異體字 / 异体字 (yìtǐzì) or 俗字 (súzì). Hong Kong standard recommends 台 instead, but 臺 / 台 (tái) is still seen as a 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) due to its historical orthodoxy.
- But in some cases, the current Taiwan standard form of a character may be a historically nonstandard one, which makes what is a 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) ambiguous. E.g. 裏 used to be standard and 裡 nonstandard; but Taiwan standard adopted 裡. In this case, the Taiwan standard form can be referred to as 國字標準字體 / 国字标准字体.
Regardless of simplified or not, when referring to a character that conforms to the orthography, it is used as a concept opposite to variant / 异体字.
- E.g. 回 (huí) is the 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) form of 囬. 場 / 场 are the 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) forms of 塲.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 繁體字 (“traditional Chinese character”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		繁體字, 繁體
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	繁體字, 繁體, 正體字
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老寫兒字, 老寫兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	深筆字, 深筆
	Hong Kong	繁體字, 繁體
	Taishan	繁體字, 深筆字
	Taishan (Guanghai)	繁體字
	Mandalay (Taishan)	正手筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	繁體字
	Quanzhou	繁體字
	Zhangzhou	繁體字
	Penang (Hokkien)	繁體字, 正體字
Wu	Shanghai	繁體字, 大寫字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	體	字
せい Grade: 1	たい Hyōgai	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 正體字 – see the following entry.

【正体字せいたいじ】

[noun] (Chinese language) regular or traditional form of Chinese characters

(This term, 正體字, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)