正音

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (正音)		正	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ jam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngyin
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: jèng-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqin
    • Palladius: чжэнъинь (čžɛnʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ jam¹
    • Yale: jing yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-im
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviarym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ im⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyengH 'im

Rime
Character	正	音
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之盛切	於金切
Baxter	tsyengH	'im
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/	/ʔˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/	/ʔᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæŋH/	/ʔiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajŋH/	/ʔjim/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/	/ʔjəm/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/	/ĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/	/ʔi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèng	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing3	jam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*teŋ-s  [q](r)əm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjeŋs  qrɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	正	音
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhèng	yīn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyengH ›	‹ ʔim ›
Old Chinese	/*teŋ-s/	/*[q](r)əm/
English	correct (adj., v.)	sound, tone
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	正	音
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	17178	15223
Phonetic component	正	音
Rime group	耕	侵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	政	音
Old Chinese	/*tjeŋs/	/*qrɯm/

Noun

正音

1. correct or standard pronunciation
2. (Classical) proper music

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, informal) 啱音

Verb

正音

1. to correct one's pronunciation

Derived terms

• 正音學／正音学 (zhèngyīnxué)
• 正音法
• 訓民正音／训民正音 (Xùnmín-Zhèngyīn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正音):

• → Japanese: 正音(せいおん) (seion)
• → Korean: 정음(正音) (jeong'eum)
• → Vietnamese: chính âm (正音)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	音
せい Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

正(せい)音(おん) • (seion) 

1. correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character