正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer) syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn 积极 積極 jī jí active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive syn 正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 阳性 陽性 yáng xìng positive / masculine 病菌 bìng jūn harmful bacteria / pathogenic bacteria / germs syn 杆菌 桿菌 gǎn jūn bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 眉目 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome syn 公分 gōng fēn centimeter (cm) / gram (g) 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 良性 liáng xìng positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc) 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 链球菌 鏈球菌 liàn qiú jūn streptococcus (genus of bacteria) 自命 zì mìng to consider oneself to be (sth positive) syn 气魄 氣魄 qì pò spirit / boldness / positive outlook / imposing attitude syn 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 正反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 正极 正極 zhèng jí positive pole syn 球菌 qiú jūn coccus (spherical bacteria pathogen) 正数 正數 zhèng shù positive number 利好 lì hǎo (finance) sth that engenders bullish sentiment / favorable news / (finance) (of news, data etc) favorable / positive 正负 正負 zhèng fù positive and negative syn 阳极 陽極 yáng jí anode / positive electrode / positive pole syn 公克 gōng kè gram 致病菌 zhì bìng jūn pathogenic bacteria syn 阳离子 陽離子 yáng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 乳酸菌 rǔ suān jūn lactic acid bacteria 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 衣原体 衣原體 yī yuán tǐ Chlamydia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 支原体 支原體 zhī yuán tǐ Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall) 呈阳性 呈陽性 chéng yáng xìng to test positive 正整数 正整數 zhèng zhěng shù positive integer 熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn 曲 qū fermentation starter / leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2] syn 菌 jūn germ / bacteria / fungus / mold / Taiwan pr. [jun4] syn 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 褒义 褒義 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation 正离子 正離子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 原生动物 原生動物 yuán shēng dòng wù protozoan (bacteria) 螺旋体 螺旋體 luó xuán tǐ Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria / spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphilis 正电 正電 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity) syn 革兰氏 革蘭氏 gé lán shì Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法 革兰氏阴性 革蘭氏陰性 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind) 复阳 復陽 fù yáng to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result 格兰氏阴性 格蘭氏陰性 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (of bacteria) / also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性 革兰氏染色法 革蘭氏染色法 gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria) 产酸细菌 產酸細菌 acid-producing bacteria / acidogenic bacteria 阳模 yáng mú positive model / positive 变容真空泵 變容真空泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 容积式泵 容積式泵 róng jī shì bèng positive displacement pump / positive pump 正排量泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 正位移泵 positive displacement pump / positive pump 厘米-克-秒制 centimetre, gram, second system 军团杆菌 軍團桿菌 jūn tuán gǎn jūn legionella bacteria 包柔氏螺旋体 包柔氏螺旋體 bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐ Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria 包氏螺旋体 包氏螺旋體 bāo shì luó xuán tǐ Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria 厌氧菌 厭氧菌 yàn yǎng jūn anaerobic bacteria 嗜血杆菌 嗜血桿菌 shì xuè gǎn jūn hemophile bacteria / hemophilus 立克次体 立克次體 lì kè cì tǐ Rickettsia (genus of intracellular parasitic bacteria) 细菌病毒 細菌病毒 xì jūn bìng dú bacteriophage / virus that infects bacteria 适温 適溫 shì wēn thermophile (e.g. bacteria) / heat-loving 大肠菌 大腸菌 dà cháng jùn coliform bacteria 向光细菌 phototropic bacteria 粪便大肠菌 糞便大腸菌 faecal coliform bacteria 乳酸菌网络 乳酸菌網絡 Lactic Acid Bacteria Network 化学合成细菌 化學合成細菌 chemosynthetic bacteria 化能合成细菌 化能合成細菌 chemosynthetic bacteria 阳电荷 陽電荷 yáng diàn hè positive electric charge 良性循环 良性循環 liáng xìng xún huán virtuous cycle (i.e. positive feedback loop) 正半轴 正半軸 zhèng bàn zhóu positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) 正方向 zhèng fāng xiàng forward direction / (math.) positive direction 第一象限 dì yī xiàng xiàn first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive) 阳电极 陽電極 yáng diàn jí anode / positive electrode (i.e. attracting electrons) 非负数 非負數 fēi fù shù a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero) 龙阳君 龍陽君 lóng yáng jūn homosexual (positive term) 可取之处 可取之處 kě qǔ zhī chù positive point / merit / redeeming quality 正外部性 zhèng wài bù xìng positive influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society) 阳性预告值 yáng xìng yù gào zhí positive predictive value 假阳性 false positive 假定阳性 presumptive positive 艾滋病毒抗体阳性 艾滋病毒抗体陽性 yì zī bìng dú kàng tǐ yáng xìng HIV-positive 肯定列表法 kěn dìng liè biǎo fǎ positive list 肯定列表 kěn dìng liè biǎo positive list 正面规则 正面規則 formula / positive rule / affirmative rule 明确同意的标准 明確同意的標準 positive consent standards 联合国系统艾滋病毒阳性工作人员小组 聯合國系統艾滋病毒陽性工作人員小組 UN System HIV-Positive Staff Group / UNPlus 积极的安全保证 積極的安全保證 positive security assurance 阳性对照物 陽性對照物 positive control 阳性的 陽性的 positive 阳电 陽電 yáng diàn positive electric charge syn 正能量 zhèng néng liàng positive energy / positivity 修成正果 xiū chéng zhèng guǒ to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition 不幸之幸 bù xìng zhī xìng a fortune in misfortune / a positive in the negative 