矯正

See also: 矫正

Chinese

		dissemble; rectify	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (矯正)		矯	正
simp. (矫正)		矫	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎozhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): giu² zing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiáu-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎozhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojhèng
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-chêng⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujenq
    • Palladius: цзяочжэн (czjaočžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: giu² zing³
    • Yale: gíu jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: giu² dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: giu² jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: kiáu-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiawzexng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

矯正

1. to correct; to rectify

   矯正牙齒／矫正牙齿  ―  jiǎozhèng yáchǐ  ―  to correct irregularities in the teeth

Synonyms

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• 修改 (xiūgǎi)
• 修正 (xiūzhèng)
• 修編 / 修编 (xiūbiān)
• 修訂 / 修订 (xiūdìng)
• 刪改 / 删改 (shāngǎi)
• 匡正 (kuāngzhèng) (literary)
• 參訂 / 参订 (cāndìng) (to proofread and correct)
• 批改 (pīgǎi) (to mark)
• 改 (gǎi)
• 改定 (gǎidìng)
• 改正 (gǎizhèng)
• 改訂 / 改订 (gǎidìng)
• 更定 (gēngdìng)
• 更正 (gēngzhèng)
• 校正 (jiàozhèng) (to proofread and correct)
• 格正 (gézhèng) (literary)
• 端正 (duānzhèng)
• 糾正 / 纠正 (jiūzhèng)
• 訂正 / 订正 (dìngzhèng)
• 重修 (chóngxiū)
• 釐正 (lízhèng) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矯	正
きょう Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーせー [kyòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

矯(きょう)正(せい) • (kyōsei) 

1. correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification

Verb

矯(きょう)正(せい)する • (kyōsei suru) suru (stem 矯(きょう)正(せい)し (kyōsei shi), past 矯(きょう)正(せい)した (kyōsei shita))

1. to redress, to correct, to rectify
2. to reform

Conjugation

Conjugation of "矯正する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	矯正し	きょうせいし	kyōsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	矯正し	きょうせいし	kyōsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	矯正する	きょうせいする	kyōsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	矯正する	きょうせいする	kyōsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	矯正すれ	きょうせいすれ	kyōsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	矯正せよ¹ 矯正しろ²	きょうせいせよ¹ きょうせいしろ²	kyōsei seyo¹ kyōsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	矯正される	きょうせいされる	kyōsei sareru
Causative	矯正させる 矯正さす	きょうせいさせる きょうせいさす	kyōsei saseru kyōsei sasu
Potential	矯正できる	きょうせいできる	kyōsei dekiru
Volitional	矯正しよう	きょうせいしよう	kyōsei shiyō
Negative	矯正しない	きょうせいしない	kyōsei shinai
Negative continuative	矯正せず	きょうせいせず	kyōsei sezu
Formal	矯正します	きょうせいします	kyōsei shimasu
Perfective	矯正した	きょうせいした	kyōsei shita
Conjunctive	矯正して	きょうせいして	kyōsei shite
Hypothetical conditional	矯正すれば	きょうせいすれば	kyōsei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “矯正”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026