正體

See also: 正体

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (正體)		正	體
simp. (正体)		正	体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ tai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-thé / chiàⁿ-thé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngtǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tʻi³
    • Yale: jèng-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqtii
    • Palladius: чжэнти (čžɛnti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 政體／政体 正體／正体

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing³ tai²
    • Yale: jing tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 政體／政体 正體／正体

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-thé
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangtea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-thé
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviartea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁵³/

Noun

正體

1. the “proper/standard form” of scripts, especially of Chinese characters
   1. (especially Taiwan) Synonym of 繁體／繁体 (fántǐ, “Traditional Chinese”)
   2. Synonym of 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū, “Regular script”)
   3. Synonym of 印刷體／印刷体 (yìnshuātǐ, “block letters”)
2. main part; body; the thing in itself

Derived terms

• 正體中文／正体中文
• 正體字／正体字 (zhèngtǐzì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	體
しょう Grade: 1	たい Hyōgai
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 正體 – see the following entry.

【正体しょうたい】 [noun] a natural, original, true, etc. form, shape or identity 【正体せいたい】 [noun] a Traditional Chinese character [noun] (calligraphy, typography, of a Han character) the "standard", most recognized form [noun] (typography, of a glyph) the undistorted form (as opposed to a scaled or oblique form, for example, originally in phototypesetting)

(This term, 正體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)