正是

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (正是)		正	是
anagram		是正

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ si⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): ciáng-sê
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-sī / chiàⁿ-sǐ / chèng-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: jèng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshyh
  - Palladius: чжэнши (čžɛnši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    政事
    正事
    正室
    正式
    正是
    正視／正视
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zing³ si⁶
  - Yale: jing sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    政事
    正事
    正是
    正視／正视
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciáng-sê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviarsi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ si³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ si³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-sī
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangsi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/

Verb

正是

to be precisely; to just happen to be; to be exactly; to be none other than
這正是我要問的。 [MSC, trad.]
这正是我要问的。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhèngshì wǒ yào wèn de. [Pinyin]
That is exactly what I'd like to ask.
- 但這孩子卻也有可敬的地方：他的從容，他的沉默，他的獨斷獨行，他的一去不回頭，都是力的表現，都是強者適者的表現。決不婆婆媽媽的，決不粘粘搭搭的，一針見血，一刀兩斷，這正是白種人之所以為白種人。 [MSC, trad.]
  但这孩子却也有可敬的地方：他的从容，他的沉默，他的独断独行，他的一去不回头，都是力的表现，都是强者适者的表现。决不婆婆妈妈的，决不粘粘搭搭的，一针见血，一刀两断，这正是白种人之所以为白种人。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《白種人——上帝的驕子》
  Dàn zhè háizi què yě yǒu kějìng de dìfang: tā de cóngróng, tā de chénmò, tā de dúduàndúxíng, tā de yī qù bù huítóu, dōu shì lì de biǎoxiàn, dōu shì qiángzhě shìzhě de biǎoxiàn. Juébù pópomāma de, juébù niánniándādā de, yīzhēnjiànxiě, yīdāoliǎngduàn, zhè zhèngshì báizhǒngrén zhī suǒ yǐ wéi báizhǒngrén. [Pinyin]
  But there was something about the child that could be respected. His leisurely way, his reticence, his arbitrariness, his way of walking ahead without looking back. These were manifestations of his power, the power of the strongest, of the fittest. The child was, by no means, overly careful, or irresolute. The child could hit the nail on the head and make a clean break. The child was a quintessential Caucasian.

Synonyms

(Cantonese, Hakka) 正係／正系