「正字」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zing3 zi6
Individual
Character Meaning:
正 upright; exact; accurate; correct; right; formal; chief; really; indeed; regular (polygon); positive; good; enjoyable; precise
字 character; character; word; five minutes; script; handwriting; penmanship; calligraphy; tails (of a coin)
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • a character that follows the stroke and radical composition of the orthographical standard (measure word: 個 / 隻)
    (Cant.) 正zing3字zi6法faat3
    (Eng.) standard orthography

  • a term used by amateur etymologists to refer to their rarely used recommended characters (measure word: 個 / 隻)
    (Cant.) 你nei5用jung6埋maai4晒saai3啲di1正zing3字zi6寫se2廣gwong2東dung1話waa2,冇mou5人jan4睇tai2得dak1明ming4㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) You're using "canonical" Cantonese characters in your writing, no one will understand you.

See also: 俗字 凸字 別字 書面語 歇後語 測字 異體字 簡化字 簡筆字 錯別字 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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