不正

Chinese

not; no
 
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad.
(不正)
不 正

Pronunciation


Adjective

不正

  1. crooked; bent; angled
  2. improper; unacceptable; inappropriate
    上樑不正下樑歪/上梁不正下梁歪  ―  shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi  ―  If a leader sets a bad example, subordinates are likely to follow suit. (Literally: “If the top beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked”.)
  3. dishonest; devious; shady

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 正
ふ
Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふせー [fùséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝse̞ː]

Adjective

不(ふ)正(せい) • (fusei) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)正(せい)な (fusei na), adverbial 不(ふ)正(せい)に (fusei ni))

  1. improper; unjust; fraudulent; dishonest
    不正(ふせい)なログイン試行(しこう)を検出(けんしゅつ)しました。
    Fusei na roguin shikō o kenshutsu shimashita.
    We detected a suspicious login attempt.

Inflection

Noun

不(ふ)正(せい) • (fusei) 

  1. impropriety; injustice; fraud
    不正(ふせい)入手(にゅうしゅ)
    fusei nyūshu
    obtaining through unjust means

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
不正

Noun

不正 • (bujeong) (hangeul 부정)

  1. Hanja form? of 부정 (“injustice”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
不正

Adjective

不正

  1. chữ Hán form of bất chính (“improper; dishonest; devious; shady”).
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