更正

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (更正)		更	正

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēngzhèng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥㄓㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang¹ zing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-chèng / keng-chèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēngzhèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥㄓㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gengjhèng
  - Wade–Giles: kêng¹-chêng⁴
  - Yale: gēng-jèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengjenq
  - Palladius: гэнчжэн (gɛnčžɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang¹ zing³
  - Yale: gāng jing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang¹ dzing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng¹ jing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-chèng
  - Tâi-lô: kng-tsìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngzexng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chèng
  - Tâi-lô: king-tsìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengzexng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/

Verb

更正

to correct; to rectify; to make corrections (of errors in published statements or articles)

Synonyms

修改 (xiūgǎi)
修正 (xiūzhèng)
修編 / 修编 (xiūbiān)
修訂 / 修订 (xiūdìng)
刪改 / 删改 (shāngǎi)
匡正 (kuāngzhèng) (literary)
參訂 / 参订 (cāndìng) (to proofread and correct)
批改 (pīgǎi) (to mark)
改 (gǎi)
改定 (gǎidìng)
改正 (gǎizhèng)
改訂 / 改订 (gǎidìng)
更定 (gēngdìng)
格正 (gézhèng) (literary)
校正 (jiàozhèng) (to proofread and correct)
矯正 / 矫正 (jiǎozhèng)
端正 (duānzhèng)
糾正 / 纠正 (jiūzhèng)
訂正 / 订正 (dìngzhèng)
重修 (chóngxiū)
釐正 (lízhèng) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
更	正
こう Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーせー [kòóséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

更(こう)正(せい) • (kōsei) ^{←かうせい (kausei)^?}

corrections, amendment, revision
(taxation) an amended income statement, corrected tax return

Derived terms

更(こう)正(せい)決(けっ)定(てい) (kōsei kettei)
更(こう)正(せい)請(せい)求(きゅう) (kōsei seikyū)
更(こう)正(せい)登(とう)記(き) (kōsei tōki)

Verb

更(こう)正(せい)する • (kōsei suru) ^{←かうせい (kausei)^?}transitive suru (stem 更(こう)正(せい)し (kōsei shi), past 更(こう)正(せい)した (kōsei shita))

to examine (a document etc.) and make corrections, to revise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "更正する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	更正し	こうせいし	kōsei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	更正し	こうせいし	kōsei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	更正する	こうせいする	kōsei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	更正する	こうせいする	kōsei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	更正すれ	こうせいすれ	kōsei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	更正せよ¹ 更正しろ²	こうせいせよ¹ こうせいしろ²	kōsei seyo¹ kōsei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	更正される	こうせいされる	kōsei sareru
Causative	更正させる更正さす	こうせいさせるこうせいさす	kōsei saseru kōsei sasu
Potential	更正できる	こうせいできる	kōsei dekiru
Volitional	更正しよう	こうせいしよう	kōsei shiyō
Negative	更正しない	こうせいしない	kōsei shinai
Negative continuative	更正せず	こうせいせず	kōsei sezu
Formal	更正します	こうせいします	kōsei shimasu
Perfective	更正した	こうせいした	kōsei shita
Conjunctive	更正して	こうせいして	kōsei shite
Hypothetical conditional	更正すれば	こうせいすれば	kōsei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“更正”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
更	正

Noun

更正 • (gyeongjeong) (hangeul 경정)

hanja form^? of 경정