直是
Chinese
straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright |
be; yes; this | ||
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| simp. and trad. (直是) |
直 | 是 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zik6 si6
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dih7 si5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhíshì
- Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhshìh
- Wade–Giles: chih2-shih4
- Yale: jŕ-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrshyh
- Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 執事 / 执事
直視 / 直视
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zik6 si6
- Yale: jihk sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzik9 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: jig6 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪk̚² siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dih7 si5
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: di̍h-sī
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiʔ⁴ ɬi¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dih7 si5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiʔ⁴ ɬi²¹/
- (Putian)
- Middle Chinese: drik dzyeX
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):
Antonyms
Conjunction
直是
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
- “直是”, 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 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], 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.