正大光明

Chinese

		proper; appropriate; legitimate proper; appropriate; legitimate; reasonable; above board; upright; honest	light; illumination; brightness light; illumination; brightness; brilliance; bright; shining
simp. and trad. (正大光明)		正大	光明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdàguāngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ daai⁶ gwong¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdàguāngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdàguangmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-ta⁴-kuang¹-ming²
    • Yale: jèng-dà-gwāng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdahguangming
    • Palladius: чжэндагуанмин (čžɛndaguanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ daai⁶ gwong¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: jing daaih gwōng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ daai⁶ gwong¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ dai⁶ guong¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ taːi̯²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

正大光明

1. Synonym of 光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà, “high-principled; open and aboveboard; just and honorable; frank and righteous; without artifice”)