# 矯正
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎozhèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): giu$^2$ zing$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiáu-chèng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎozhèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojhèng
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^3$-chêng$^4$
*** Yale: jyǎu-jèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujenq
*** Palladius: цзяочжэн (czjaočžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: giu$^2$ zing$^3$
*** Yale: gíu jing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: giu$^2$ dzing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: giu$^2$ jing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːu̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiáu-chèng
*** Tâi-lô: kiáu-tsìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiawzexng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

### Verb

矯正
* to correct; to rectify
    矯正牙齒／矫正牙齿 ― jiǎozhèng yáchǐ ― to correct irregularities in the teeth

#### 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)
* 改定 (gǎidìng)
* 改正 (gǎizhèng)
* 改訂／改订 (gǎidìng)
* 更定 (gēngdìng)
* 更正 (gēngzhèng)
* 校正 (jiàozhèng) (to proofread and correct)
* 格正 (gézhèng) (literary)
* 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 :
| 矯 | 正 |
| きょう Grade: S | せい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きょーせー [kyòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲo̞ːse̞ː]

### Noun

矯(きょう)正(せい) • (kyōsei)
* correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification

### Verb

矯(きょう)正(せい)する • (kyōsei suru) suru (stem 矯(きょう)正(せい)し (kyōsei shi), past 矯(きょう)正(せい)した (kyōsei shita))
* to redress, to correct, to rectify
* to reform

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN