剛直

剛直

Chinese

		hard; firm; strong hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
trad. (剛直)		剛	直
simp. (刚直)		刚	直

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāngzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ zik⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kong-ti̍t / kang-ti̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāngzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄓˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangjy
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: gōng jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ jig⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kang-ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangdit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ tit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tit̚¹²¹/

Adjective

剛直

1. upright and outspoken

Synonyms

• 剛正／刚正 (gāngzhèng)
• 耿直 (gěngzhí)
• 樸直／朴直 (pǔzhí)
• 正直 (zhèngzhí)
• (Min Nan) 硬直