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

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• 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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      edit edit 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:

      edit edit 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

1. 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”)
2. 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.)