| 八正道 | bā zhèng dao | the Eight-fold Noble Way (Buddhism) |
| 刚正 | gāng zhèng | honest; upright |
| 刚正不阿 | gāng zhèng bù ē | upright and plainspoken |
| 反正一样 | fǎn zhèng yī yàng | whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference; six of one and half a dozen of the other; as broad as it is long |
| 名不正言不顺 | míng bu zhèng yán bu shùn | unjustified and undeserving of such description; identity or status is unverified, or inconsistent in detail; unworthy of the title (or name), or reputation; no valid reason as justification; words without weight; cf 名正言顺 |
| 名正言顺 | míng zhèng yán shùn | right and proper; authoritative and fair; (modified from Confucian Analects) with the right title (or reputation), the words carry weight |
| 吴官正 | Wú Guān zhèng | Wu Guanzheng |
| 寿终正寝 | shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn | to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age |
| 夏正民 | Xià Zhèng mín | Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge |
| 大正 | Dà zhèng | Taishō, reign name 1912-1926 of Japanese emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁 |
| 守正不阿 | shǒu zhèng bù ē | to be strictly just and impartial |
| 宗正 | Zōng Zhèng | Director of the Imperial Clan in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 |
| 就地正法 | jiù dì zhèng fǎ | to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution; to carry out the law on the spot |
| 居正 | jū zhèng | (lit.) to follow the right path |
| 建构正义理论 | jiàn gòu zhèng yì lǐ lùn | constructivist theory |
| 建立正式外交关系 | jiàn lì zhèng shì wài jiāo guān xì | formally establish diplomatic relations |
| 张居正 | Zhāng Jū zhèng | Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee |
患难之交才是真正
的朋友 | huàn nàn zhī jiāo cái shì zhēn zhèng de péng you | a friend in need is a friend indeed (English proverb); cf idiom 患难之交, a friend in need |
| 扶正压邪 | fú zhèng yā xié | to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom) |
| 舍正从邪 | shě zhèng cóng xié | to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom) |
| 拨正 | bō zhèng | set right; correct |
| 方方正正 | fāng fāng zhèng zhèng | square shaped |
| 方正县 | Fāng zhèng xiàn | Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang |
| 朴正熙 | Pǔ Zhèng xī | Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard |
| 东正教 | Dōng zhèng jiào | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| 林丰正 | lín fēng zhèng | Lin Feng-cheng (Taiwan Minister of the Interior) |
| 校正子 | jiào zhèng zǐ | proof-reader and corrector |
| 弃邪归正 | qì xié guī zhèng | to give up evil and return to virtue |
| 横正暴敛 | héng zhèng bào liǎn | to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom) |
| 正丁醚 | zhèng dīng mí | butyl ether |
| 正中要害 | zhèng zhōng yào hài | to hit the nail on the head (idiom) |
| 正五边形 | zhèng wǔ biān xíng | regular pentagon |
| 正交群 | zhèng jiāo qún | orthogonal group (math.) |
| 正人君子 | zhèng rén jūn zi | upright gentleman; man of honor |
| 正仓院 | Zhēng cāng yuàn | Shōsō-in, treasure house belonging to Tōdai-ji 東大寺, Nara 奈良, Japan, an extensive repository of imperial treasures from Tang times; described as the east-most end of the Silk road |
| 正值 | zhèng zhí | just at the time of; honest; upright; (math.) positive value |
| 正传 | zhèng zhuàn | main subject of long novel; true biography |
| 正六边形 | zhèng liù biān xíng | regular hexagon |
| 正则 | zhèng zé | regular (figure in geometry) |
| 正则参数 | zhèng zé cān shù | regular parametrization |
| 正化 | zhèng huà | normalization; to normalize |
| 正半轴 | zhèng bàn zhóu | positive semi-axis (in coordinate geometry) |
| 正反两面 | zhèng fǎn liǎng miàn | two-way; reversible; both sides of the coin |
| 正史 | zhèng shǐ | the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends |
| 正向前看 | zhèng xiàng qián kàn | look-ahead assertion |
| 正品 | zhèng pǐn | certified goods; quality product; normal product; A-class goods |
| 正多胞形 | zhèng duō bāo xíng | convex polytope |
| 正大光明 | zhèng dà guāng míng | just and honorable |
| 正太 | zhèng tài | young, cute boy; derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控 |
| 正太控 | zhèng tài kòng | shotacon (Japanese loanword); manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manner |
