正定

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (正定)		正	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ ding⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdìng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: jèng-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdinq
    • Palladius: чжэндин (čžɛndin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ ding⁶
    • Yale: jing dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tɪŋ²²/

Verb

正定

1. to revise

Adjective

正定

1. upright and firm
2. (mathematics) positive-definite

Noun

正定

1. (Buddhism) one part of the Noble Eightfold Path

Proper noun

正定

1. (～縣) Zhengding (a county of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正定):

• → Korean: 정정(正定) (jeongjeong)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “正定” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].