Chinese edit

not; no
 
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad.
(不正)

Pronunciation edit


Adjective edit

不正

  1. crooked; bent; angled
  2. improper; unacceptable; inappropriate
    上樑不正下樑歪上梁不正下梁歪  ―  shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi  ―  If a leader sets a bad example, subordinates are likely to follow suit. (Literally: “If the top beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked”.)
  3. dishonest; devious; shady

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(せい) (fusei-na (adnominal ()(せい) (fusei na), adverbial ()(せい) (fusei ni))

  1. improper; unjust; fraudulent; dishonest
    不正(ふせい)ログイン試行(しこう)検出(けんしゅつ)しました。
    Fusei na roguin shikō o kenshutsu shimashita.
    We detected a suspicious login attempt.

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()(せい) (fusei

  1. impropriety; injustice; fraud
    不正(ふせい)入手(にゅうしゅ)
    fusei nyūshu
    obtaining through unjust means

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

不正 (bujeong) (hangeul 부정)

  1. Hanja form? of 부정 (injustice).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective edit

不正

  1. chữ Hán form of bất chính (improper; dishonest; devious; shady).