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 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 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 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) 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 自命 zì mìng to consider oneself to be (sth positive) syn 整数 整數 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure 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 因数 因數 yīn shù factor (of an integer) / divisor syn 谐波 諧波 xié bō harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental) 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 整除 zhěng chú to divide exactly without remainder (in integer arithmetic) 正负 正負 zhèng fù positive and negative syn 阳极 陽極 yáng jí anode / positive electrode / positive pole 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) 整型 zhěng xíng (computing) integer / (Tw) to perform or undergo plastic surgery (variant of 整形[zheng3xing2]) 整点 整點 zhěng diǎn time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc) / to make an inventory / (math.) point that has integer coordinates 呈阳性 呈陽性 chéng yáng xìng to test positive 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 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 正电 正電 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity) syn 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 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 带分数 帶分數 dài fēn shù mixed fraction / mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] 整倍数 整倍數 zhěng bèi shù integer multiple 负整数 負整數 fù zhěng shù negative integer 余留无符号数 餘留無符號數 yú liú wú fú hào shù unsigned remainder (i.e. the remainder after rounding to the nearest integer) 整数轨道 整數軌道 integer orbit 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) 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 正角 zhèng jiǎo positive angle 假阳性 假陽性 jiǎ yáng xìng false positive 伪阳性 偽陽性 wěi yáng xìng false positive 正相关 正相關 zhèng xiāng guān positive correlation 有所作为 有所作為 yǒu suǒ zuò wéi (idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile / to make a positive contribution syn 杨过 楊過 yáng guò Yang Guo, protagonist of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣[Shen2diao1 Xia2lu:3] / (used jocularly as a verb "to have tested positive", since 楊|杨[Yang2] and 陽|阳[yang2] are homonyms) 翻红 翻紅 fān hóng (of a stock or index) to turn positive / to regain popularity 不失 bù shī still possesses / yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes) 向好 xiàng hǎo to be on a positive trend / to be improving 