正房

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	house
trad. (正房)		正	房
simp. #(正房)		正	房

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ fong^4-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsen-vaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngfáng
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-fang²
    • Yale: jèng-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqfarng
    • Palladius: чжэнфан (čžɛnfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ fong^4-2
    • Yale: jing fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ fong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ fong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsen-vaon
    • MiniDict: tsen^去 vaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen-vaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ vɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

正房

1. principal rooms in a quadrangle, usually facing south
2. (historical) one's legal wife

Synonyms

• (principal room): 正屋 (zhèngwū); (Teochew) 大房