曲直

Chinese

		bent; crooked; wrong	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
simp. and trad. (曲直)		曲	直

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiok-ti̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyujhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chih²
    • Yale: chyū-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujyr
    • Palladius: цюйчжи (cjujčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: kūk jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khiok-ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiokdit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/

Noun

曲直

1. bent and straight
2. right and wrong; reasonable and unreasonable

Derived terms

• 不問曲直／不问曲直
• 不顧曲直／不顾曲直
• 是非曲直 (shìfēiqūzhí)
• 曲直分明

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (曲直):

• → Japanese: 曲直(きょくちょく) (kyokuchoku)
• → Korean: 곡직(曲直) (gokjik)
• → Vietnamese: khúc trực (曲直)