直球

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (直球)		直	球

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 直(ちょっ)球(きゅう) (chokkyū, “four-seam fastball”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhíqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhíqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhcióu
  - Wade–Giles: chih²-chʻiu²
  - Yale: jŕ-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrchyou
  - Palladius: чжицю (čžicju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

直球

(baseball) fastball
(figurative, Internet slang) straightforward
直球式戀愛／直球式恋爱 ― zhíqiú shì liàn'ài ― in a relationship characterized by straightforwardness.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
直	球
ちょく > ちょっ Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょっきゅう [chòkkyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞k̚ʲkʲɨː]

Noun

直(ちょっ)球(きゅう) • (chokkyū)

(baseball) straight; four-seam fastball
(by extension) straightforward
直球(ちょっきゅう)で指摘(してき)する
chokkyū de shiteki suru
to straightforwardly point out

Hypernyms

速球(そっきゅう) (sokkyū)

Coordinate terms

変化球(へんかきゅう) (henkakyū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
直	球

Noun

直球 • (jikgu) (hangeul 직구)

hanja form^? of 직구 (“fastball”)