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正体

zhèng tǐ

2-character word Traditional 正體

What 正体 means

1. standard form (of a Chinese character)
2. plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic)
3. printed style (as opposed to cursive)
4. Taiwantraditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters

The characters in 正体

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 体tǐbody; form; style

Words starting with 正体

• 正体字zhèng tǐ zìstandard form of a Chinese character; (Taiwan) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters

Sounds the same

Read zhèng tǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 政体form of government; system of government

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhèng tǐ correctly.
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