先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 绅士 紳士 shēn shì gentleman syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 男士 nán shì man / gentleman syn 正直 zhèng zhí upright / upstanding / honest syn 正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable syn 小道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) syn 笔直 筆直 bǐ zhí perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright syn 端正 duān zhèng upright / regular / proper / correct syn 直立 zhí lì erect / upright / vertical syn 坚挺 堅挺 jiān tǐng firm and upright / strong (of currency) syn 能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square syn 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 端坐 duān zuò to sit upright syn 清正 qīng zhèng upright and honorable syn 怦怦 pēng pēng thumping sound (onom.) / to be eager and anxious (to do sth) / faithful and upright syn 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò open and candid (idiom) / straightforward and upright syn 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 挺立 tǐng lì to stand erect / to stand upright syn 竖立 豎立 shù lì to erect / to set upright / to stand syn 清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute syn 昂然 áng rán upright and unafraid syn 伟岸 偉岸 wěi àn imposing / upright and tall / outstanding / gigantic in stature syn 清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional) syn 乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire syn 刚正不阿 剛正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken syn 嶙峋 lín xún bony (of people) / craggy / rugged (of terrain) / upright (of people) syn 刚正 剛正 gāng zhèng honest / upright syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 刚烈 剛烈 gāng liè resolute and upright in character / unyielding / staunch syn 苍劲 蒼勁 cāng jìn bold / upright and strong / vigorous / forceful (brush strokes) / sureness of touch syn 鱼头 魚頭 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 赛马会 賽馬會 sài mǎ huì the Jockey Club, Hong Kong philanthropic organization (and former gentleman's club) 老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father syn 竖直 豎直 shù zhí vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old) 正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò to sit upright and still (idiom) syn 铁面 鐵面 tiě miàn iron mask (as defensive armor) / fig. upright and selfless person 刚直 剛直 gāng zhí upright and outspoken syn 劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 仁人志士 rén rén zhì shì gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 兀立 wù lì to stand upright and motionless syn 君子之交淡如水 jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) 君 jūn monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler syn 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 戳 chuō to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 爷 爺 yé grandpa / old gentleman syn 碑 bēi a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] syn 叟 sǒu old gentleman / old man syn 耿 gěng (literary) bright / brilliant / honest / upright syn 端方 duān fāng upright / honest / proper / correct 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 清官难断家务事 清官難斷家務事 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb) 矗 chù lofty / upright syn 伉 kàng spouse / big and tall / strong / robust / upright and outspoken syn 石柱 shí zhù stela / upright stone / obelisk 梁上君子 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief syn 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom) / surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) 淑人君子 shū rén jūn zi virtuous gentleman (idiom) 不愧不怍 bù kuì bù zuò no shame, no subterfuge (idiom) / just and honorable / upright and above board 清风两袖 清風兩袖 qīng fēng liǎng xiù honest and upright (idiom) syn 行不由径 行不由徑 xíng bù yóu jìng lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom) / fig. upright and honest 高风峻节 高風峻節 gāo fēng jùn jié a high-class upright character (idiom) 危言危行 wēi yán wēi xíng upright and plainspoken (idiom) 君子动口不动手 君子動口不動手 jūn zǐ dòng kǒu bù dòng shǒu a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist 彬彬君子 bīn bīn jūn zǐ refined gentleman 老太公 lǎo tài gōng aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term) syn 以小人之心，度君子之腹 yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom) 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人 有仇不報非君子，有冤不伸枉為人 yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom) 顜 jiǎng honest / upright 婞 xìng upright 扊 yǎn upright bar for fastening a door 正锋 正鋒 zhèng fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1] and 偏鋒|偏锋[pian1feng1]) 亢直 kàng zhí upright and unyielding (literary) 作风正派 作風正派 zuò fēng zhèng pài to be honest and upright / to have moral integrity 劲直 勁直 jìng zhí strong and upright 廉直 lián zhí upright and honest / incorruptible / squeaky clean 清正廉明 qīng zhèng lián míng upright and honest 端然 duān rán upright / finally / unexpectedly 耿介 gěng jiè upright and outstanding 脚正不怕鞋歪 腳正不怕鞋歪 jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom) 质直 質直 zhì zhí upright / straightforward 身子骨 shēn zi gǔ posture / upright posture 雅正 yǎ zhèng correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections. syn 巧人 qiǎo rén Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid (Tw) 直立式冷冻机 直立式冷凍機 upright freezer 长揖 長揖 cháng yī to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting) 人是铁饭是钢 人是鐵飯是鋼 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright 正人 zhèng rén upstanding person / upright person 廉正 lián zhèng upright and honest / integrity syn 