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 充气 充氣 chōng qì to pump air (into sth) / to inflate 打气 打氣 dǎ qì to inflate / to pump up / (fig.) to encourage / to boost morale syn 好评 好評 hǎo píng favorable criticism / positive evaluation 眉目 méi mu progress / prospect of solution / sign of positive outcome syn 水泵 shuǐ bèng water pump 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 油泵 yóu bèng oil pump 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 气筒 氣筒 qì tǒng inflator / bicycle pump syn 往复 往復 wǎng fù to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) syn 正数 正數 zhèng shù positive number 抽水机 抽水機 chōu shuǐ jī water pump syn 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 真空泵 zhēn kōng bèng vacuum pump 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 气泵 氣泵 qì bèng air pump syn 正向 zhèng xiàng forward (direction) / positive (thinking, mood, values etc) 离心泵 lí xīn bèng centrifugal pump 热泵 熱泵 rè bèng heat pump 呈阳性 呈陽性 chéng yáng xìng to test positive 多级泵 duō jí bèng stage pump 液压泵 液壓泵 hydraulic pump 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 打气筒 打氣筒 dǎ qì tǒng bicycle pump syn 阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn 泵 bèng pump (loanword) syn 唧 jī (onom.) to pump (water) syn 褒义 褒義 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation 吸奶器 xī nǎi qì breast pump 正离子 正離子 zhèng lí zǐ positive ion / cation (physics) syn 正电 正電 zhèng diàn positive charge (electricity) syn 搋 chuāi to knead / to rub / to clear a drain with a pump / to conceal sth in one's bosom / to carry sth under one's coat 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 唧筒 jī tǒng a pump / water pump syn 吸奶 xī nǎi to suckle / to pump breast milk with a breast pump 电潜泵 電潛泵 diàn qián bèng submersible pump / submersible electric pump 阳模 yáng mú positive model / positive 往复运动 往復運動 wǎng fù yùn dòng backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion 抽水泵 chōu shuǐ bèng water pump 气动泵 氣動泵 qì dòng bèng pneumatic pump 泵柄 bèng bǐng pump handle 游戏水泵 yóu xì shuǐ bèng play pump 背负式采气泵 backpack concentrator / backpack suction pump 太阳能水泵 tài yáng néng shuǐ bèng solar pump 分子泵 molecular pump 主冷却泵 zhǔ lěng què bèng primary coolant pump 刺激性资金 刺激性資金 cì jī xìng zī jīn pump-priming funds 旋转泵 旋轉泵 rotary pump 地热泵 地熱泵 geothermal heat pump 助力泵 zhù lì bèng booster pump 手泵 shǒu bèng hand pump 公用水泵, 社区水管 公用水泵, 社區水管 public water pump / communal tap 踏板抽水机 tà pàn chōu shuǐ jī treadle pump 手泵管井 shǒu bèng guǎn jǐng hand-pump tube well 风动水泵 風動水泵 fēng dòng shuǐ bèng wind pump 空气源热泵 空氣源熱泵 air-source heat pump 扫舱泵 掃艙泵 stripping pump 清舱泵 清艙泵 stripping pump 输注泵 輸註泵 infusion pump 抽吸泵 suction pump 油脂泵 grease pump 帮浦 幫浦 bāng pǔ pump (loanword) 泵浦 bèng pǔ pump (loanword) 撸铁 擼鐵 lū tiě (coll.) to pump iron / to work out 抽水 chōu shuǐ to pump water / (coll.) to shrink in the wash syn 举铁 舉鐵 jǔ tiě (coll.) to pump iron 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 