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Different ways to talk about "integrity"

How do you say, integrity? I find words like 节操,人格,素质, and others. Can you explain?
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created: P Feb '16 last reply: B Dec '19 6 replies 2.3k views 6 users 0 likes 0 links

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Do you want to know the meaning of “integrity” in Chinese?

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Hi, “integrity” usually translated into Chinese is " 正直”。

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When you say someone is a gentleman of complete integrity, you actually mean 他是一个正直的人.

When it comes to a technical word like data integrity, it actually means the data consistency.

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Hi there,

“Integrity” in Chinese could be 正直 [zhèng zhí], 耿直 [gěng zhí], 正派 [zhèng pài]. The words you mentioned above have similar meanings but the way we use them are quite different:
有节操 [yǒu jiécāo] = integrity
人格高尚 [réngé gāoshàng] = integrity
素质好 [sùzhì hǎo] = integrity

Hope this would help.

Betty

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Hey Betty, can you give some example sentences to show the difference between the different ways to say “integrity”?

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We can use these three to describe a person’s personality. For example,
他这个人很正直/耿直/正派。
The difference between them is that we can use 正派 to describe one’s behavior. For example,
他作风正派 [tā zuòfēng zhèngpài].

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