耿介

Chinese

		bright	introduce; lie between; between
trad. (耿介)		耿	介
simp. #(耿介)		耿	介

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěngjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěngjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěngjiè
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³-chieh⁴
    • Yale: gěng-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geengjieh
    • Palladius: гэнцзе (gɛncze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² gaai³
    • Yale: gáng gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ kaːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: keangX keajH

Rime
Character	耿	介
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古幸切	古拜切
Baxter	keangX	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋX/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋX/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋX/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋX/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kɛŋX/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/kæŋX/	/kɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæŋX/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gang2	gaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤreŋʔ  kˤr[e]p-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ  kreːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿	介
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng	jiè
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛngX ›	‹ kɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁreŋʔ/	/*kˁr[e]p-s/
English	brilliant; wide awake	armour; scale of animals
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耿	介
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3989	6525
Phonetic component	耿	介
Rime group	耕	祭
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	耿	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/	/*kreːds/

Adjective

耿介

1. (literary) upright and outstanding; plainspoken and upstanding

   • 彼堯舜之耿介兮，既遵道而得路。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彼尧舜之耿介兮，既遵道而得路。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Bǐ Yáo Shùn zhī gěngjiè xī, jì zūndào ér dé lù. [Pinyin]

     Yao and Shun with their staunch integrity,
     Found the path by following the Way.

Synonyms

• 剛正／刚正 (gāngzhèng)
• 剛直／刚直 (gāngzhí)
• 悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
• 方正 (fāngzhèng)
• 樸直／朴直 (pǔzhí)
• 正大 (zhèngdà)
• 正派 (zhèngpài)
• 正當／正当
• 正直 (zhèngzhí)
• 正經／正经
• 硬直 (Hokkien)
• 端 (duān)
• 端正 (duānzhèng)
• 耿直 (gěngzhí)

 

Derived terms

• 耿介之士