正定

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (正定)		正	定

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ ding⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdìng
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-ting⁴
  - Yale: jèng-dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdinq
  - Palladius: чжэндин (čžɛndin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ ding⁶
  - Yale: jing dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ ding⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ ding⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tɪŋ²²/

Verb

正定

to revise

Adjective

正定

upright and firm
(mathematics) positive-definite

Noun

正定

(Buddhism) one part of the Noble Eightfold Path

Proper noun

正定

(～縣) Zhengding (a county of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正定):

→ Korean: 정정(正定) (jeongjeong)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “正定” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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