正事

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (正事)		正	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-sīr / chèng-sū

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• 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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      edit edit 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:

      edit edit 政事 正事 正是 正視／正视

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/

Noun

正事

1. proper business

   我們還是先談正事吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们还是先谈正事吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen háishì xiān tán zhèngshì ba. [Pinyin]

   We'd better discuss proper business first.