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 榜样 榜樣 bǎng yàng model / example (for people to follow) / (in reference to a person) role model 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 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 台式 tái shì (of an appliance) tabletop model / (of a computer) desktop model 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 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 依傍 yī bàng to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model) syn 建模 jiàn mó to construct a model (an abstract model, as in applied mathematics or machine learning etc) 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 车模 車模 chē mó model car / auto show model 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 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs 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 照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhào māo huà hǔ lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation syn 样子 樣子 yàng zi appearance / manner / pattern / model syn 模特 mó tè (fashion) model (loanword) syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 模仿 mó fǎng to imitate / to copy / to emulate / to mimic / model syn 造型 zào xíng to model / to shape / appearance / style / design / form / pose syn 模型 mó xíng model / mold / matrix / pattern syn 典型 diǎn xíng model / typical case / archetype / typical / representative syn 模式 mó shì mode / pattern / model 空手 kōng shǒu empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate syn 示范 示範 shì fàn to demonstrate / to show how to do sth / demonstration / a model example syn 型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) 塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn 模范 模範 mó fàn model / fine example syn 法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model 原型 yuán xíng model / prototype / archetype 实体 實體 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) syn 小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn 名模 míng mó top fashion model 典范 典範 diǎn fàn model / example / paragon syn 新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn 风范 風範 fēng fàn air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor syn 崇尚 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model) / to hold in esteem / to revere / to advocate syn 样板 樣板 yàng bǎn template / prototype / model / example syn 车型 車型 chē xíng vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc) 楷模 kǎi mó model / example syn 转型 轉型 zhuǎn xíng to undergo fundamental change / to transition / to transform / to update (to a new model of product) 小牛 xiǎo niú calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini syn 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 仿制 仿製 fǎng zhì to copy / to imitate / to make by imitating a model syn 仿造 fǎng zào to copy / to produce sth after a model / to counterfeit syn 范例 範例 fàn lì example / model case 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 以身作则 以身作則 yǐ shēn zuò zé to set an example (idiom) / to serve as a model syn 雏形 雛形 chú xíng embryonic form / miniature model 表率 biǎo shuài example / model syn 标杆 標杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark 古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn 临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) syn 标兵 標兵 biāo bīng parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) / example / model / pacesetter syn 雷锋 雷鋒 léi fēng Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards 雅阁 雅閣 yǎ gé Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model) 范本 範本 fàn běn model (example worthy of being imitated) / template syn 劳模 勞模 láo mó model worker syn 试样 試樣 shì yàng style / type / model syn 豪华型 豪華型 háo huá xíng deluxe model 外向型 wài xiàng xíng export-oriented (economic model) 劳动模范 勞動模範 láo dòng mó fàn model worker syn 航模 háng mó model plane or ship 玩家 wán jiā player (of a game) / enthusiast (audio, model planes etc) 首款 shǒu kuǎn to confess one's crime / first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc) 写真集 寫真集 xiě zhēn jí photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model 模特儿 模特兒 mó tè r (fashion) model (loanword) syn 中国特色社会主义 中國特色社會主義 zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era 商业模式 商業模式 shāng yè mó shì business model 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 普桑 pǔ sāng a model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2 / Poussin (name) 手办 手辦 shǒu bàn garage kit / action figure / model figure 秦军 秦軍 qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) 数学模型 數學模型 shù xué mó xíng mathematical model 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 沙家浜 shā jiā bāng "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yang4 ban3 xi4] 迷你型 mí nǐ xíng mini model 