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straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright |
be; yes; this
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simp. and trad.
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Pronunciation
Verb
直是
- (literary) to turn out to be; to turn out that
- (literary) to truly be, to really be
- (Puxian Min) to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that
Synonyms
(to be precisely):
- 就是 (jiùshì)
- 即是 (jíshì)
- 便是 (biànshì)
- (Cantonese) 就係／就系
Antonyms
Conjunction
直是
- even if, even though
Synonyms
- (even if): 即使 (jíshǐ), 即便 (jíbiàn), 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ), 哪怕 (nǎpà), 就算 (jiùsuàn), 甚至 (shènzhì), 直是 (zhíshì)
References
- “Entry #113472”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “直是”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 139.