耿介

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): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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: /kˠɛŋ^X  kˠɛi^H/

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
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

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Synonyms of 耿介

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

耿直 (gěngzhí) 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)

Derived terms

耿介之士