正

zhēng · zheng/zhèng · zheng

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

zhēng 正

  1. first month of the lunar year

zhèng 正

  1. straight
  2. upright
  3. proper
  4. main
  5. principal
  6. to correct
  7. to rectify
  8. exactly
  9. just (at that time)
  10. right (in that place)
  11. (math.) positive

In a sentence

2 examples
01

学(xué)友(yǒu)来(lái)看(kàn)林(lín)老(lǎo)师(shī)的(de)时(shí)候(hou),外(wài)边(bian)正(zhèng)下(xià)着(zhe)雨(yǔ)呢(ne)。

When Xueyou came to see Teacher Lin, it was raining outside.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

日(rì)本(běn)正(zhèng)面(miàn)临(lín)着(zhe)严(yán)重(zhòng)的(de)经(jīng)济(jì)问(wèn)题(tí)。

Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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