Monday 10 October 2022

the character 正

I remember as a child hearing the word zing1zian3 真正 and they would say zing1zian3 ho2 真正好 which means really good or just zing1 ho2 真好 for very good. 

However, nowadays people will say guê3ho2 怪好 to mean very good and some people write it as 過好 for guê3ho2 or also say as 非常好 huision5 ho2.

We see this character use in Sing1zian1ru5i3 新正如意 to mean may all your wishes come true this New Year.

This character has another pronunciation “zêng3” as in 呂蒙正 in the name of a Song Dynasty minister said as Le6 Mong5 Zêng3. Where zêng3 is homophone with zêng3 as to plant something. 



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