直須

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	necessary; must; need
trad. (直須)		直	須
simp. (直须)		直	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhsyu
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-hsü¹
    • Yale: jŕ-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrshiu
    • Palladius: чжисюй (čžisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ seoi¹
    • Yale: jihk sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drik sju

Rime
Character	直	須
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	除力切	相俞切
Baxter	drik	sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨk̚/	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖɨk̚/	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiek̚/	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖik̚/	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/ȡiək̚/	/sio/
Wang Li	/ȡĭək̚/	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ək̚/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhí	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6	seoi1

Verb

直須

1. (literary) should (at once)

   • 花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 金縷衣

     Huā kāi kān zhé zhíxū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī. [Pinyin]

     Pluck the flower as soon as it blossoms and can be plucked; wait not till the bloom is gone, and you pluck the bare twig.

2. (literary) to (surprisingly) need

Synonyms

• (should):

• 合該／合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 在得 (zai⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 宜 (yí)
• 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) (literary)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 應當／应当 (yīngdāng)
• 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)
• 會／会 (literary)
• 會須／会须 (huìxū) (literary)
• 理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
• 理應／理应 (lǐyīng)
• 理當／理当 (lǐdāng)
• 當／当 (literary)
• 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
• 該／该 (gāi)
• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)