刻正

刻正

Chinese

		quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (刻正)		刻	正

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kèzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehjenq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèjhèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ zing³
    • Yale: hāk jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Adverb

刻正

1. (formal, official) in the process of

   本部刻正辦理採購作業。 [MSC, trad.]
   本部刻正办理采购作业。 [MSC, simp.]

   Běn bù kèzhèng bànlǐ cǎigòu zuòyè. [Pinyin]

   Our ministry is handling the procurement.

Usage notes

Often used in government documents.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 緊 >
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 緊 >
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	當, 在該
	Dongshi (Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Min Nan	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧
	Taipei	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Philippines (Manila)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
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