正體

See also: 正体

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (正體)		正	體
simp. (正体)		正	体

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngtǐ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngtǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngtǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tʻi³
  - Yale: jèng-tǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtii
  - Palladius: чжэнти (čžɛnti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    政體 / 政体
    正體 / 正体
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zing³ tai²
  - Yale: jing tái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ tai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ tei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    政體 / 政体
    正體 / 正体
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-thé
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangtea
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-thé
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviartea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/

Noun

正體

the “proper/standard form” of scripts, especially of Chinese characters
1. (especially Taiwan) synonym of 繁體 / 繁体 (fántǐ, “Traditional Chinese”)
2. synonym of 楷書 / 楷书 (kǎishū, “Regular script”)
3. synonym of 印刷體 / 印刷体 (yìnshuātǐ, “block letters”)
main part; body; the thing in itself

Derived terms

正體中文 / 正体中文
正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	體
しょう Grade: 1	たい Hyōgai
goon

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

【正体しょうたい】	[noun] a natural, original, true, etc. form, shape or identity
【正体せいたい】	[noun] a Traditional Chinese character [noun] (calligraphy, typography, of a Han character) the "standard", most recognized form [noun] (typography, of a glyph) the undistorted form (as opposed to a scaled or oblique form, for example, originally in phototypesetting)

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