中正

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (中正)		中	正
anagram		正中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngzhèng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-chang
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-chèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngzhèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongjhèng
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-chêng⁴
  - Yale: jūng-jèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongjenq
  - Palladius: чжунчжэн (čžunčžɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ zing³
  - Yale: jūng jing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ jing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chang
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ zang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ zang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡saŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-chèng
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-tsìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongzexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

中正

(literary) just; impartial; fair

Synonyms

不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
允 (literary, or in compounds)
公允 (gōngyǔn)
公平 (gōngpíng)
公正 (gōngzhèng)
公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
公道 (gōngdao)
大正 (literary)
平允 (píngyǔn)
平正 (píngzhèng)
持平 (chípíng)
持正 (chízhèng) (literary)
掠平 (Hokkien)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (中正):

→ Japanese: 中正(ちゅうせい) (chūsei)
→ Korean: 중정(中正) (jungjeong)

Noun

中正

(historical) impartial judge (local dignitary charged with ranking potential candidates for public service)

Derived terms

九品中正 (jiǔpǐn zhōngzhèng)

Proper noun

中正

(～區) Zhongzheng, Jhongjheng (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
(～區) Zhongzheng (a district of Keelung, Taiwan)
(～里) an urban village in Songshan district, Taipei, Taiwan
epithet of Chiang Kai-shek

Derived terms

中正紀念堂 / 中正纪念堂 (Zhōngzhèng Jìniàntáng)

Further reading

“中正”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.