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 错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 确信 確信 què xìn to be convinced / to be sure / to firmly believe / to be positive that / definite news syn 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap / to set up / to frame (up) / to make false charges against 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 鬼话 鬼話 guǐ huà lie / false words / nonsense / CL:篇[pian1] syn 虚伪 虛偽 xū wěi false / hypocritical / artificial / sham syn 阳性 陽性 yáng xìng positive / masculine 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 虚假 虛假 xū jiǎ false / phony / sham syn 假象 jiǎ xiàng false appearance / facade 假牙 jiǎ yá false teeth / dentures 诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 眉目 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome syn 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) 真假 zhēn jiǎ genuine or fake / true or false syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 虚惊 虛驚 xū jīng false alarm / panic rumor / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 假证 假證 jiǎ zhèng false testimony 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 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 虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation syn 强词夺理 強詞奪理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats syn 含冤 hán yuān wronged / to suffer false accusations syn 讹诈 訛詐 é zhà to extort under false pretenses / to blackmail / to bluff / to defraud syn 单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn 违心 違心 wéi xīn false / untrue to one's convictions / against one's will / disloyal 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 妄称 妄稱 wàng chēng to make a false and unwarranted declaration 打假 dǎ jiǎ to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies 假面具 jiǎ miàn jù mask / fig. false façade / deceptive front syn 谗言 讒言 chán yán slander / slanderous report / calumny / false charge syn 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 假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn 失实 失實 shī shí to give a false picture of the situation syn 伪劣 偽劣 wěi liè inferior / false syn 虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation syn 正负 正負 zhèng fù positive and negative syn 吊顶 弔頂 diào dǐng suspended ceiling / false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling 阳极 陽極 yáng jí anode / positive electrode / positive pole syn 强辩 強辯 qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments syn 阳离子 陽離子 yáng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 呈阳性 呈陽性 chéng yáng xìng to test positive 虚言 虛言 xū yán empty words / false words 刺槐 cì huái false acacia / Robinia pseudoacacia syn 正误 正誤 zhèng wù true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document) syn 抢跑 搶跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun / to make a false start 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 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn 虚张声势 虛張聲勢 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado / to bluff 谬 謬 miù (bound form) false / erroneous / absurd / mu (Greek letter Μμ) syn 虚情假意 虛情假意 xū qíng jiǎ yì false friendship / hypocritical show of affection syn 褒义 褒義 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation 镶牙 鑲牙 xiāng yá to have a false tooth set in / denture 正离子 正離子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 赝 贗 yàn false syn 含血喷人 含血噴人 hán xuè pēn rén to make false accusations against sb (idiom) syn 构陷 構陷 gòu xiàn to frame / to bring false charges against syn 谰 讕 lán to make a false charge 一念之差 yī niàn zhī chā momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action syn 蛊惑人心 蠱惑人心 gǔ huò rén xīn to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom) / to resort to demagogy syn 正电 正電 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity) syn 訹 xù to beguile with false stories 树上开花 樹上開花 shù shàng kāi huā to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom) 真伪莫辨 真偽莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn can't judge true or false (idiom) / unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news) 开弓不放箭 開弓不放箭 kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado 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 伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise) 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 谬见 謬見 miù jiàn erroneous views / false idea / false opinion 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) 革兰阳 革蘭陽 gé lán yáng Gram-positive (bacteria) 革兰阳性 革蘭陽性 gé lán yáng xìng Gram-positive (bacteria) 