直隸

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	attached to; scribe
trad. (直隸)		直	隸
simp. (直隶)		直	隶
alternative forms		直𨽻直隷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhílì

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ dai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhílì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhlì
  - Wade–Giles: chih²-li⁴
  - Yale: jŕ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrlih
  - Palladius: чжили (čžili)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    直立
    直隸 / 直隶
    質粒 / 质粒
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ dai⁶
  - Yale: jihk daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² tɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

直隸

(historical) (～省) Zhili (a former province in northern China from 14th-century Ming Dynasty until 1928, approximately modern-day Hebei, notably containing the city of Beijing)

Descendants

→ English: Zhili, Chihli
→ Manchu: ᡷᡳᠯᡳ (jyli)

See also

河北 (Héběi)

Verb

直隸

(literary) to be directly under the jurisdiction of