正切

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (正切)		正	切

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngqiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ cit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-chhiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngqiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngcie
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-chʻieh¹
    • Yale: jèng-chyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqchie
    • Palladius: чжэнце (čžɛnce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ cit³
    • Yale: jing chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangchiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/

Noun

正切

1. (trigonometry) tangent

See also

• 三角函數／三角函数 (sānjiǎo hánshù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	切
せい Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 正切 – see the following entry.

【正接せいせつ】 [noun] (trigonometry) tangent

(This term, 正切, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)