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Chinese
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just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year |
straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright |
simp. and trad.
(正直)
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正
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直
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Pronunciation
Note: zian3 dêg8 - Jieyang.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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正
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直
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhèng
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zhí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyengH ›
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‹ drik ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*teŋ-s/
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/*N-t<r>ək/
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| English
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correct (adj., v.)
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straight
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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正
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直
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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17178
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17269
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Phonetic
component
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正
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直
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Rime
group
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耕
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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政
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直
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjeŋs/
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/*dɯɡ/
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| Notes
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金文象目測枉材以取直而會意
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Adjective
正直
- having personal integrity; upright
- (literary, literally) orderly and straight
予見天下州之為唐舊治者，其城郭必皆寬廣，街道必皆正直，廨舍之為唐舊創者，其基址必皆宏敞。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
予见天下州之为唐旧治者，其城郭必皆宽广，街道必皆正直，廨舍之为唐旧创者，其基址必皆宏敞。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: 1670, 顧炎武,《日知録》
- Yú jiàn tiānxià zhōu zhī wéi Táng jiùzhì zhě, qí chéngguō bì jiē kuānguǎng, jiēdào bì jiē zhèngzhí, xièshè zhī wéi Táng jiù chuàng zhě, qí jīzhǐ bì jiē hóngchǎng.
- I have observed that in the places where the administrative centers of the prefectures in the empire were established during the Tang dynasty, the city walls must be broad and expansive, and the roads and streets are invariably straight and in good order. As for the official buildings founded since then, their foundations are always spacious and grand.
Synonyms
- 剛正 / 刚正 (gāngzhèng)
- 剛直 / 刚直 (gāngzhí)
- 悻直 (xìngzhí) (literary)
- 方正 (fāngzhèng)
- 樸直 / 朴直 (pǔzhí)
- 正大 (zhèngdà)
- 正派 (zhèngpài)
- 正當 / 正当
- 正經 / 正经
- 硬直 (Hokkien)
- 端 (duān)
- 端正 (duānzhèng)
- 耿介 (gěngjiè) (literary)
- 耿直 (gěngzhí)
Derived terms
Descendants
Adverb
正直
- Misspelling of 正值 (zhèngzhí, “just happen; just at the time of”).
Noun
正直
- Misspelling of 正值 (zhèngzhí, “positive value”).
Japanese
Pronunciation
Adjective
正直 • (shōjiki) -na (adnominal 正直な (shōjiki na), adverbial 正直に (shōjiki ni))
- honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Imperfective (未然形)
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正直だろ
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しょうじきだろ
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shōjiki daro
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| Continuative (連用形)
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正直で
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しょうじきで
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shōjiki de
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| Terminal (終止形)
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正直だ
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しょうじきだ
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shōjiki da
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| Attributive (連体形)
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正直な
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しょうじきな
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shōjiki na
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| Hypothetical (仮定形)
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正直なら
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しょうじきなら
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shōjiki nara
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| Imperative (命令形)
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正直であれ
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しょうじきであれ
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shōjiki de are
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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正直ではない
正直じゃない
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しょうじきではない
しょうじきじゃない
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shōjiki de wa nai
shōjiki ja nai
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| Informal past
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正直だった
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しょうじきだった
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shōjiki datta
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| Informal negative past
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正直ではなかった
正直じゃなかった
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しょうじきではなかった
しょうじきじゃなかった
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shōjiki de wa nakatta
shōjiki ja nakatta
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| Formal
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正直です
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しょうじきです
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shōjiki desu
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| Formal negative
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正直ではありません
正直じゃありません
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しょうじきではありません
しょうじきじゃありません
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shōjiki de wa arimasen
shōjiki ja arimasen
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| Formal past
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正直でした
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しょうじきでした
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shōjiki deshita
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| Formal negative past
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正直ではありませんでした
正直じゃありませんでした
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しょうじきではありませんでした
しょうじきじゃありませんでした
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shōjiki de wa arimasen deshita
shōjiki ja arimasen deshita
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| Conjunctive
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正直で
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しょうじきで
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shōjiki de
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| Conditional
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正直なら（ば）
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しょうじきなら（ば）
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shōjiki nara (ba)
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| Provisional
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正直だったら
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しょうじきだったら
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shōjiki dattara
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| Volitional
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正直だろう
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しょうじきだろう
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shōjiki darō
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| Adverbial
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正直に
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しょうじきに
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shōjiki ni
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| Degree
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正直さ
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しょうじきさ
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shōjikisa
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Noun
正直 • (shōjiki)
- honesty
Derived terms
Adverb
正直 • (shōjiki)
- honestly, to tell the truth
References
Korean
Noun
正直 • (jeongjik) (hangeul 정직)
- hanja form? of 정직 (“honesty”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
正直
- chữ Hán form of chính trực (“honorable”).