扶正

Chinese

		to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (扶正)		扶	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ zeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fújhèng
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-chêng⁴
    • Yale: fú-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwujenq
    • Palladius: фучжэн (fučžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu⁴ zeng³
    • Yale: fùh jeng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ dzeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ zéng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ t͡sɛːŋ³³/

Verb

扶正

1. (historical) to elevate (a concubine) to the status of wife
2. to set upright or straight
3. to promote (someone) from deputy to principal, or from a part-time employee to a full-time one

Derived terms

• 扶正祛邪
• 扶正黜邪