"正當化" meaning in Chinese

See 正當化 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, standard, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 正当化 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 正當化
  1. to justify; to legitimize; to rationalize
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        "to justify; to legitimize; to rationalize"
      ],
      "id": "en-正當化-zh-verb-yid-Gm0U",
      "links": [
        [
          "justify",
          "justify"
        ],
        [
          "legitimize",
          "legitimize"
        ],
        [
          "rationalize",
          "rationalize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdànghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdānghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdànghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngdànghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-tang⁴-hua⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-dàng-hwà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqdanqhuah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛndanxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнданхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdānghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngdanghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-tang¹-hua⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-dāng-hwà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqdanghuah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛndanxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнданхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "正當化"
}
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    {
      "form": "正当化",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 化",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 正",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to justify; to legitimize; to rationalize"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "justify",
          "justify"
        ],
        [
          "legitimize",
          "legitimize"
        ],
        [
          "rationalize",
          "rationalize"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdànghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdānghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdànghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngdànghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-tang⁴-hua⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-dàng-hwà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqdanqhuah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛndanxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнданхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "standard",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhèngdānghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhèngdanghuà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chêng⁴-tang¹-hua⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jèng-dāng-hwà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenqdanghuah"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛndanxua",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэнданхуа"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "正當化"
}

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