正字 (zing3 zi6) — correct a wrongly written character in Cantonese
zing˗₃正ziˍ₆字Mandarin Pinyin: zheng4 zi4
Meaning of 正字
nouncorrect a wrongly written character
nounorthodox form of Chinese characters; proper character, cf. 俗字
Example Sentences with 正字
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個ziˍ₆字haiˍ₆係zeng˗₃正zi6.字。
This character is the correct one.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度mouˏ₅冇zeng˗₃正zi6.字。
There are no correct characters here.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個haiˍ₆係gaanˊ²簡taiˊ²體zi6,字，mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係zeng˗₃正zi6.字。
This is a simplified character, not the correct one.
neiˏ₅你seˊ²寫co˗₃錯zoˊ²咗go˗₃個zeng˗₃正zi6.字。
You wrote the correct character wrong.
haiˍ₆係maiˍ₆咪jiu˗₃要zeng˗₃正zi6?字？
Do you need the correct character?
Characters in 正字
Words Containing 正字
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