正室

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	room
simp. and trad. (正室)		正	室

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngshì, zhèngshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ, ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ sat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: zhèngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    政事
    正事
    正室
    正式
    正是
    正視／正视
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: zhèngshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    正史
    正室
    正矢
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ sat¹
  - Yale: jing sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ sed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɐt̚⁵/

Noun

正室

(historical) legal wife
(historical) eldest son born by one's legal wife
(humorous) lawfully wedded wife (as opposed to a mistress)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	室
せい Grade: 1	しつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

正室 (hiragana せいしつ, rōmaji seishitsu)

one's legal wife (rather than a concubine)

Antonyms

側室 (そくしつ) (sokushitsu)

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