曲直

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Chinese

		bent; crooked; wrong	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
simp. and trad. (曲直)		曲	直

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qūzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ zik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiok-ti̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qūzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyujhíh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chih²
  - Yale: chyū-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiujyr
  - Palladius: цюйчжи (cjujčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kuk¹ zik⁶
  - Yale: kūk jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-ti̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khiok-ti̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiokdit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚⁴/

Noun

曲直

bent and straight
right and wrong; reasonable and unreasonable

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (曲直):

→ Japanese: 曲直(きょくちょく) (kyokuchoku)
→ Korean: 곡직(曲直) (gokjik)
→ Vietnamese: khúc trực (曲直)

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