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

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

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)

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