正直

Chinese

 
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
straight; vertical; frank
straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
simp. and trad.
(正直)

Pronunciation


Adjective

正直

  1. having personal integrity; upright

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 正直清廉
  • 正直無私正直无私
  • 正直無邪正直无邪

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正直):

Adverb

正直

  1. Misspelling of 正值 (zhèngzhí, “just happen; just at the time of”).

Noun

正直

  1. Misspelling of 正值 (zhèngzhí, “positive value”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
じき
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーじ [shòójíꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) しょーじき [shòójíkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːʑikʲi]

Adjective

(しょう)(じき) • (shōjiki) -na (adnominal (しょう)(じき) (shōjiki na), adverbial (しょう)(じき) (shōjiki ni))

  1. honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)

Inflection

Noun

(しょう)(じき) • (shōjiki) 

  1. honesty

Derived terms

Adverb

(しょう)(じき) • (shōjiki) 

  1. honestly, to tell the truth

References

  1. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

正直 • (jeongjik) (hangeul 정직)

  1. Hanja form? of 정직 (honesty).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

正直

  1. chữ Hán form of chính trực (honorable).
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