正義

See also: 正义

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (正義)		正	義
simp. (正义)		正	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳn-ngi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-gī
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsen-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngyì
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: jèng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqyih
    • Palladius: чжэнъи (čžɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ ji⁶
    • Yale: jing yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴ ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-gī
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeanggi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡi³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsen-gni
    • MiniDict: tsen^去 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Adjective

正義

1. righteous; just
2. (biology) positive sense

Noun

正義

1. justice; fairness

   代際正義／代际正义  ―  dàijì zhèngyì  ―  intergenerational justice

2. (tarot) Justice
3. (literary) correct meaning
4. a genre of commentary on classic Chinese texts

Derived terms

• 伸張正義／伸张正义
• 律呂正義／律吕正义
• 明公正義／明公正义
• 正義感／正义感 (zhèngyìgǎn)
• 社會正義／社会正义 (shèhuì zhèngyì)
• 轉型正義／转型正义 (zhuǎnxíng zhèngyì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正義):

• → Japanese: 正義(せいぎ) (seigi)
• → Korean: 정의(正義) (jeong'ui)
• → Vietnamese: chính nghĩa (正義)

See also

• 道德 (dàodé)
• 道義／道义 (dàoyì)
• 公德 (gōngdé)
• 公理 (gōnglǐ)
• 正理 (zhènglǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	義
せい Grade: 1	ぎ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
正	義
ただ Grade: 1	よし Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
正	義
まさ Grade: 1	よし Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ーぎ [séꜜègì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɡʲi]

• • Homophones: 正議, 声妓, 性技, 清議, 盛儀, 晴儀, 精義

Noun

正(せい)義(ぎ) • (seigi) 

1. justice
   • 2016 January 22, “ギデオンの誓(ちか)い”, in ゲートウォッチの誓い [Oath of the Gatewatch], Wizards of the Coast:

     正(せい)義(ぎ)と平(へい)和(わ)のため、私(わたし)はゲートウォッチとなる。

     Seigi to heiwa no tame, watashi wa Gētowotchi to naru.

     For justice and peace, I will be one of the Gatewatch.

   • 2003 July 17, “ギガ・ガガギゴ [Giga Gagagigo]”, in 暗黒の侵略者 [Invader of Darkness], Konami:

     強(きょう)大(だい)な悪(あく)に立(た)ち向(む)かうため、様(さま)々(ざま)な肉(にく)体(たい)改(かい)造(ぞう)をほどこした結(けっ)果(か)恐(おそ)るべきパワーを手(て)に入(い)れたが、その代(だい)償(しょう)として正(せい)義(ぎ)の心(こころ)を失(うしな)ってしまった。

     Kyōdai na aku ni tachimukau tame, samazama na nikutai kaizō o hodokoshita kekka osorubeki pawā o te ni ireta ga, sono daishō toshite seigi no kokoro o ushinatte shimatta.

     In order to fight tremendous evil, he had to get his hands on formidable power from a great deal of body reconstruction, at the cost of his righteous heart.

2. (tarot) Justice

   Hypernym: タロット (“tarot”)

Proper noun

正(まさ)義(よし) • (Masayoshi) 

1. a male given name

正(ただ)義(よし) • (Tadayoshi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
正	義

Noun

正義 • (jeong'ui) (hangeul 정의)

1. Hanja form^? of 정의 (“justice”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
正	義

Noun

正義

1. chữ Hán form of chính nghĩa (“justice”).