直言

Chinese

 
straight; vertical; frank
straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad.
(直言)

Pronunciation


Verb

直言

  1. to speak bluntly and to the point; to be outspoken

Derived terms

  • 仗義直言仗义直言
  • 恕我直言 (shù wǒ zhíyán)
  • 正色直言
  • 直言不諱直言不讳 (zhíyánbùhuì)
  • 直言勿諱直言勿讳
  • 直言危行
  • 直言取禍直言取祸
  • 直言極諫直言极谏
  • 直言正色
  • 直言正論直言正论
  • 直言正諫直言正谏
  • 直言無忌直言无忌
  • 直言無諱直言无讳
  • 直言無隱直言无隐
  • 直言盡意直言尽意
  • 直言讜議直言谠议
  • 直言賈禍直言贾祸
  • 直言骨鯁直言骨鲠

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょく
Grade: 2
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょくげん [chòkúgéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ちょく)(げん) • (chokugen) 

  1. speaking bluntly and to the point; being outspoken

Verb

(ちょく)(げん)する • (chokugen suru) suru (stem (ちょく)(げん) (chokugen shi), past (ちょく)(げん)した (chokugen shita))

  1. to speak bluntly and to the point; to be outspoken

Conjugation

References

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