正氣

See also: 正气 and 正気

Chinese

just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (正氣)
simp. (正气)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial () (23) (29)
Final () (121) (20)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyengH khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/ /kʰɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛŋH/ /kʰɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiæŋH/ /kʰiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciajŋH/ /kʰɨjH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛŋH/ /kʰiəiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/ /kʰĭəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/ /kʰe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing3 hei3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyengH › ‹ khjɨjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*teŋ-s/ /*C.qʰəp-s/
English correct (adj., v.) cloudy vapors

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
No. 17178 10140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjeŋs/ /*kʰɯds/

Noun

正氣

  1. healthy atmosphere; healthy tendency
  2. righteousness; moral courage; mettle (Classifier: m)
  3. (traditional Chinese medicine) vital energy

Derived terms

  • 明公正氣 / 明公正气
  • 浩然正氣 / 浩然正气

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正氣):
  • Japanese: (しょう)() (shōki); (せい)() (seiki)
  • Korean: 정기(正氣) (jeonggi)
  • Vietnamese: chính khí (正氣)