正气
zhèngqì
upright spirit; moral integrity
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对利益诱惑，保持正气比写几句廉洁口号困难得多。 Miànduì lìyì yòuhuò, bǎochí zhèngqì bǐ xiě jǐ jù liánjié kǒuhào kùnnán de duō. In the face of temptation, maintaining integrity is far harder than writing a few slogans about honesty.
- 老先生一身正气，村里人都非常敬重他。 Lǎo xiānsheng yīshēn zhèngqì, cūnlǐ rén dōu fēicháng jìngzhòng tā. The old gentleman is full of upright spirit; everyone in the village deeply respects him.
- 只有心里存着正气，遇到不公才敢站出来说话。 Zhǐyǒu xīn lǐ cún zhe zhèngqì, yùdào bùgōng cái gǎn zhàn chūlái shuōhuà. Only with integrity in your heart do you dare stand up and speak out against injustice.
Related words
- 正 zhèng just, right; exactly
- 正在 zhèngzài in the middle of (doing), -ing
- 真正 zhēnzhèng real; true
- 正常 zhèngcháng normal
- 正好 zhènghǎo just right; just in time
- 正确 zhèngquè correct; right
- 正是 zhèngshì exactly; just
- 反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
- 正 zhèng straight; right
- 正式 zhèngshì official; formal
- 改正 gǎizhèng to correct
- 公正 gōngzhèng fair