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正直

Mandarin · pinyin zhèng zhí

upright
upstanding
honest

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正: zhèng · right, proper, correct
直: zhí · straight, erect, vertical

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4–2 · zheng4 zhi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zing3 zik6

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adj

having personal integrity; upright
(literary, literally) orderly and straight

adv

(alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of 正值 (zhèngzhí, “just happen; just at the time of”).

noun

(alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of 正值 (zhèngzhí, “positive value”).

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