直直
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright |
straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright | ||
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simp. and trad. (直直) |
直 | 直 | |
alternative forms | 佇佇 Penang Hokkien |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zik6 zik6
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄓˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhjhíh
- Wade–Giles: chih2-chih2
- Yale: jŕ-jŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrjyr
- Palladius: чжичжи (čžičži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zik6 zik6
- Yale: jihk jihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzik9 dzik9
- Guangdong Romanization: jig6 jig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪk̚² t͡sɪk̚²/
- Homophones:
夕夕
直直
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̍t-chhṳ̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: ciid ciid
- Hagfa Pinyim: cid6 cid6
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍h-ti̍h
- Tâi-lô: ti̍h-ti̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: diqdih
- IPA (Penang): /ti(ʔ)⁴⁻³ tiʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-tī
- Tâi-lô: tī-tī
- Phofsit Daibuun: dixdi
- IPA (Penang): /ti²¹ ti²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dig8 dig8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti̍k ti̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /tik̚⁴⁻² tik̚⁴/
Adjective
[edit]直直
- (ideophonic) straight as an arrow
- (of expression in one's eyes) dull; absent-minded
Adverb
[edit]直直
- exactly
- honestly; truthfully
- (Hokkien) constantly; continuously
- 西北雨直直落,鯽仔魚欲娶某。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 1967, 葉明龍 (lyricist), 《西北雨直直落》
- Sai-pak-hō͘ ti̍t-ti̍t lo̍h, chit-á-hî beh chhōa-bó͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- The summer showers keep falling; the crucian carp wants to take a wife.
西北雨直直落,鲫仔鱼欲娶某。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
- (Hokkien) directly; simply
- (Southern Min) straight
- 直直行 [Hokkien] ― ti̍t-ti̍t kiâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― go straight
Synonyms
[edit]- (exactly): 整整 (zhěngzhěng)
- (constantly):
- 一向 (yīxiàng)
- 一直 (yīzhí)
- 一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
- 一路 (yīlù)
- 一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
- 不嬲 (Cantonese)
- 取總 / 取总 (qü3 zong3) (Sichuanese)
- 向來 / 向来 (xiànglái)
- 始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
- 少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
- 從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
- 從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
- 歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
- 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
- 素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
- 終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
- 跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
- 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一直 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 一直 |
Malaysia | 一直 | |
Singapore | 一直 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲 |
Hong Kong | 一直, 一路, 不嬲 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 一直 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 一直 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 直直 |
Quanzhou | 直直 | |
Zhangzhou | 直直 | |
Tainan | 直直, 一直 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 直直 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 直直, 惦惦 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 直直 | |
Raoping | 惦惦 | |
Shantou | 一直 | |
Jieyang | 惦, 惦惦 | |
Puning | 惦, 惦惦 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 惦惦 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Further reading
[edit]- “Entry #4405”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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直 | 直 |
じき Grade: 2 |
じき Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 直直 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 直直, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
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