正房

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Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	house
trad. (正房)		正	房
simp. ^#(正房)		正	房

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ fong^4-2
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsen-vaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngfáng
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-fang²
  - Yale: jèng-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqfarng
  - Palladius: чжэнфан (čžɛnfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ fong^4-2
  - Yale: jing fóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ fong^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ fong^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsen-vaon
  - MiniDict: tsen^去 vaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen-vaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ vɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

正房

principal rooms in a quadrangle, usually facing south
(historical) one's legal wife

Synonyms

(principal room): 正屋 (zhèngwū); (Teochew) 大房

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