直仔

Chinese

		straight; heterosexual	guy; young male
simp. and trad. (直仔)		直	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ zai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ zai²
  - Yale: jihk jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

直仔

(Cantonese, neologism, colloquial) straight guy
- 2014, 于日辰, 十八歲留學日記 [Go West! I teach you in an American way.], Hong Kong: 點子出版, →ISBN, page 286:
  
  當初因愛而決意中途轉基，有著隨時肛交或被肛交的準備，豈料又要拗回做直仔？ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  当初因爱而决意中途转基，有着随时肛交或被肛交的准备，岂料又要拗回做直仔？ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  dong¹ co¹ jan¹ oi³ ji⁴ kyut³ ji³ zung¹ tou⁴ zyun³ gei¹, jau⁵ zoek⁶ ceoi⁴ si⁴ gong¹ gaau¹ waak⁶ bei⁶ gong¹ gaau¹ dik¹ zeon² bei⁶, hei² liu⁶ jau⁶ jiu³ aau³ wui⁴ zou⁶ zik⁶ zai²? [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015, Playboy 文, “攣二代”, in 港股策略王, number 30, page 76:
  
  離開芝士麵店一會兒後，有一種莫名的 awkward silence，作為直仔的阿行終於股起勇氣問：「其實你點解知精係咩味？」 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  离开芝士面店一会儿后，有一种莫名的 awkward silence，作为直仔的阿行终于股起勇气问：「其实你点解知精系咩味？」 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  lei⁴ hoi¹ zi¹ si^6-2 min⁶ dim³ jat¹ wui⁶ ji⁴ hau⁶, jau⁵ jat¹ zung² mok⁶ ming⁴ dik¹ awkward silence, zok³ wai⁴ zik⁶ zai² dik¹ aa³ hang⁴ zung¹ jyu¹ gu² hei² jung⁵ hei³ man⁶: “kei⁴ sat⁶ nei⁵ dim² gaai² zi¹ zing¹ hai⁶ me¹ mei⁶?” [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

直男 (zhínán)