正人君子

Chinese

		honest and upright person	junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
simp. and trad. (正人君子)		正人	君子

Etymology

From Jiutangshu:

胤所悅者闒茸下輩，所惡者正人君子。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

胤所悦者阘茸下辈，所恶者正人君子。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE

Yìn suǒ yuè zhě tàróng xià bèi, suǒ wù zhě zhèngrénjūnzǐ. [Pinyin]

[Cui] Yin was fond of incompetent people, but hated the upright and honest ones.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngrénjūnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ jan⁴ gwan¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngrénjūnzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngrénjyunzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-jên²-chün¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: jèng-rén-jyūn-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqrenjiuntzyy
  - Palladius: чжэнжэньцзюньцзы (čžɛnžɛnʹczjunʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ jan⁴ gwan¹ zi²
  - Yale: jing yàhn gwān jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ jan⁴ gwan¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ yen⁴ guen¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ jɐn²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

正人君子

(formal, sometimes sarcastic) an upright and honest person

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