直音

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (直音)		直	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhyin
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-yin¹
    • Yale: jŕ-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrin
    • Palladius: чжиинь (čžiinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: jihk yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² jɐm⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Noun

直音

1. (linguistics) homophonous Chinese character, used in providing the pronunciation of another word

   加注直音  ―  jiāzhù zhíyīn  ―  to indicate pronunciation using homophones

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 直音.

Noun

直音

1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)

   Antonym: 拗音 (ǎoyīn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
直	音
ちょく Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1
kan'on	goon

Etymology

直 (“straight”) +‎ 音 (“sound”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょくおん [chòkúꜜòǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟õ̞ɴ]

Noun

直(ちょく)音(おん) • (chokuon) 

1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)

   Antonym: 拗音 (yōon)

See also

• 直(ちょく)音(おん)表(ひょう)記(き) (chokuon hyōki)