正人君子

Chinese

		honest and upright person	junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
simp. and trad. (正人君子)		正人	君子

Etymology

From Jiutangshu:

胤所悅者闒茸下輩，所惡者正人君子。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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胤所悦者阘茸下辈，所恶者正人君子。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE

Yìn suǒ yuè zhě tàróng xià bèi, suǒ wù zhě zhèngrénjūnzǐ. [Pinyin]

[Cui] Yin was fond of incompetent people, but hated the upright and honest ones.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngrénjūnzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ jan⁴ gwan¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngrénjūnzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngrénjyunzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-jên²-chün¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: jèng-rén-jyūn-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqrenjiuntzyy
    • Palladius: чжэнжэньцзюньцзы (čžɛnžɛnʹczjunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ jan⁴ gwan¹ zi²
    • Yale: jing yàhn gwān jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ jan⁴ gwan¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yen⁴ guen¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

正人君子

1. (formal, sometimes sarcastic) an upright and honest person