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
Min Nan (POJ): kéng-ti̍t

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): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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/
Min Nan
- (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

upright and outspoken; honest and frank

Synonyms

Synonyms of 耿直

悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
方正 (fāngzhèng)
正大 (zhèngdà)
正派 (zhèngpài)
正直 (zhèngzhí)
硬直 (yìngzhí) (Min Nan)
端正 (duānzhèng)

耿介 (gěngjiè) (literary)
剛正／刚正 (gāngzhèng)
剛直／刚直 (gāngzhí)
樸直／朴直 (pǔzhí)
正當／正当 (zhèngdàng)
正經／正经 (zhèngjīng)

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