直球

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (直球)		直	球

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 直(ちょっ)球(きゅう) (chokkyū, “four-seam fastball”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhcióu
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: jŕ-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrchyou
    • Palladius: чжицю (čžicju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

直球

1. (baseball) fastball
2. (figurative, Internet slang) straightforward

   直球式戀愛／直球式恋爱  ―  zhíqiú shì liàn'ài  ―  in a relationship characterized by straightforwardness.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
直	球
ちょく > ちょっ Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょっきゅう [chòkkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞k̚ʲkʲɨː]

Noun

直(ちょっ)球(きゅう) • (chokkyū) 

1. (baseball) straight; four-seam fastball
2. (by extension) straightforward

   直球(ちょっきゅう)で指摘(してき)する

   chokkyū de shiteki suru

   to straightforwardly point out

Hypernyms

• 速球(そっきゅう) (sokkyū)

Coordinate terms

• 変化球(へんかきゅう) (henkakyū)

Korean

Hanja in this term
直	球

Noun

直球 • (jikgu) (hangeul 직구)

1. hanja form^? of 직구 (“fastball”)