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正

zhèng / zhēng

正zhèng

1. adjective straight; not tilted

   把画挂正一点。

   Bǎ huà guà zhèng yīdiǎn.

   Hang the picture straight.

2. adjective upright; honest

   他为人很正。

   Tā wéirén hěn zhèng.

   He is an upright person.

3. adjective principal; chief (as opposed to deputy)

   他是正校长，那位是副校长。

   Tā shì zhèng xiàozhǎng, nà wèi shì fù xiàozhǎng.

   He is the principal; that person is the vice principal.

4. adverb just; precisely; (indicating an action in progress)

   我正要出门，电话响了。

   Wǒ zhèng yào chūmén, diànhuà xiǎng le.

   Just as I was leaving, the phone rang.

正zhēng

1. noun the first month of the lunar year

   正月十五是元宵节。

   Zhēngyuè shíwǔ shì Yuánxiāojié.

   The fifteenth of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

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