單刀直入

See also: 単刀直入

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	knife	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	to enter
trad. (單刀直入)		單	刀	直	入
simp. (单刀直入)		单	刀	直	入
Literally: “to stab directly with a single knife”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāndāozhírù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄉㄠㄓˊ ㄖㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ dou¹ zik⁶ jap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāndāozhírù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄠㄓˊ ㄖㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dandaojhíhrù
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-tao¹-chih²-ju⁴
  - Yale: dān-dāu-jŕ-rù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandaujyrruh
  - Palladius: даньдаочжижу (danʹdaočžižu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ dou¹ zik⁶ jap⁶
  - Yale: dāan dōu jihk yahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ dou¹ dzik⁹ jap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ dou¹ jig⁶ yeb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚² jɐp̚²/

Idiom

單刀直入

to get straight to the point; to be straightforward

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (單刀直入):

→ Japanese: 単(たん)刀(とう)直(ちょく)入(にゅう) (tantōchokunyū)
→ Korean: 단도직입(單刀直入) (dandojigip)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
單	刀	直	入
たん Jinmeiyō	とう Grade: 2	ちょく Grade: 2	にゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 單刀直入 – see the following entry.

【単刀直入たんとうちょくにゅう】

[adjective] (idiomatic) straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

[noun] frankness

(This term, 單刀直入, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)