堂堂正正

Chinese

		(main) hall; large room	(main) hall; large room	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (堂堂正正)		堂	堂	正	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tángtángzhèngzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ tong⁴ zing³ zing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-tông-chèng-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tángtángzhèngzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tángtángjhèngjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²-tʻang²-chêng⁴-chêng⁴
    • Yale: táng-táng-jèng-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngtarngjenqjenq
    • Palladius: тантанчжэнчжэн (tantančžɛnčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ tong⁴ zing³ zing³
    • Yale: tòhng tòhng jing jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ tong⁴ dzing³ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ tong⁴ jing³ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-tông-chèng-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tông-tsìng-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongdongzeangzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

堂堂正正

1. just and dignified; upright and frank; aboveboard