正體字

简 正体字 · 繁 正體字
Mandarin · pinyin zhèng tǐ zì

Meanings

  1. standard form of a Chinese character
  2. (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters
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Characters in this entry

正
zhèng · right, proper, correct
體
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
字
zì · letter, character, word
体
tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
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Mandarin tones

4–3–4 · zheng4 ti3 zi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zing3 tai2 zi6

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noun

  1. (chiefly Taiwan) Traditional Chinese (characters), especially the standard forms in Taiwan
  2. Chinese character (traditional or simplified) that conforms to an official or historical orthography
  3. (typography) characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized

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正體字 · zheng4 ti3 zi4
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Exact source record正體字 正体字 [zheng4 ti3 zi4] /standard form of a Chinese character/(Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters/