耿直

Chinese

		bright	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
trad. (耿直)		耿	直
simp. #(耿直)		耿	直
alternative forms		鯁直／鲠直 梗直

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěngzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-ti̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěngzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěngjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³-chih²
    • Yale: gěng-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geengjyr
    • Palladius: гэнчжи (gɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² zik⁶
    • Yale: gáng jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngdit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tit̚¹²¹/

Adjective

耿直

1. upright and outspoken; honest and frank

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)
• 耿介 (gěngjiè) (literary)