耿直

耿直

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěngzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² zik⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kéng-ti̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gěngzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄓˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geengjy
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² zik⁶
    • Yale: gáng jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² jig⁶
    • 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

1. upright and outspoken; honest and frank

Synonyms

• 剛正／刚正 (gāngzhèng)
• 剛直／刚直 (gāngzhí)
• 樸直／朴直 (pǔzhí)
• 正直 (zhèngzhí)
• (Min Nan) 硬直