直直

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
simp. and trad. (直直)		直	直
alternative forms		佇佇 Penang Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhízhí

(Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ zik⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̍t-chhṳ̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): ced⁶ ced⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ti̍t-ti̍t / ti̍h-ti̍h / tī-tī

(Teochew, Peng'im): dig⁸ dig⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhízhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: chih²-chih²
  - Yale: jŕ-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrjyr
  - Palladius: чжичжи (čžičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zik⁶ zik⁶
  - Yale: jihk jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² t͡sɪk̚²/
  - Homophones:
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    夕夕
    直直
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̍t-chhṳ̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciid ciid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cid⁶ cid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ced⁶ ced⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰət̚⁵ t͡sʰət̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍t-ti̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍t-ti̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diddit
  - IPA (Singapore): /tit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tit̚⁴³/
  - IPA (Penang): /tit̚⁴⁻³ tit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tit̚⁴⁻³² tit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚²⁴⁻² tit̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍h-ti̍h
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍h-ti̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diqdih
  - IPA (Penang): /ti(ʔ)⁴⁻³ tiʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-tī
  - Tâi-lô: tī-tī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixdi
  - IPA (Penang): /ti²¹ ti²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dig⁸ dig⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti̍k ti̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tik̚⁴⁻² tik̚⁴/

Adjective

直直

(ideophonic) straight as an arrow
(of expression in one's eyes) dull; absent-minded

Adverb

直直

exactly
honestly; truthfully
(Hokkien) constantly; continuously
- 西北雨直直落，鯽仔魚欲娶某。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  西北雨直直落，鲫仔鱼欲娶某。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1967, 葉明龍 (lyricist), 《西北雨直直落》
  Sai-pak-hō͘ ti̍t-ti̍t lo̍h, chit-á-hî beh chhōa-bó͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The summer showers keep falling; the crucian carp wants to take a wife.
(Southern Min) directly; simply
(Southern Min) straight
直直行 [Hokkien] ― ti̍t-ti̍t kiâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― go straight

Synonyms

(exactly): 整整 (zhěngzhěng)
(constantly):

一向 (yīxiàng)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
向來／向来 (xiànglái)
始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來／从来 (cónglái)
從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
歷來／历来 (lìlái)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 一直 (“continuously; constantly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一直
Mandarin	Taiwan	一直
	Malaysia	一直
	Singapore	一直
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲
	Hong Kong	一直, 一路, 不嬲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	一直
Hakka	Meixian	一直
Southern Min	Xiamen	直直
	Quanzhou	直直
	Zhangzhou	直直
	Tainan	直直, 一直 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	直直
	Singapore (Hokkien)	直直, 惦惦
	Manila (Hokkien)	直直
	Raoping	惦惦
	Shantou	一直
	Jieyang	惦, 惦惦
	Singapore (Teochew)	惦惦
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
直	直
じき Grade: 2	じき Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 直直 – see the following entry.

【直々じきじき】

[adverb] (as 直々に) personally; directly

(This term, 直直, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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