直是

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (直是)		直	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ si⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dih⁷ si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-shih⁴
    • Yale: jŕ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrshyh
    • Palladius: чжиши (čžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: jihk sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² siː²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dih⁷ si⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiʔ⁴ ɬi²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dih⁷ si⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiʔ²⁴ ɬi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: drik dzyeX

Rime
Character	直	是
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	除力切	承紙切
Baxter	drik	dzyeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖɨk̚/	/d͡ʑiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiek̚/	/d͡ʑjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖik̚/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ȡiək̚/	/ʑieX/
Wang Li	/ȡĭək̚/	/ʑǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ək̚/	/ʑie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhí	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6	si6

Verb

直是

1. (literary) to turn out to be; to turn out that
2. (literary) to truly be, to really be
3. (Puxian Min) to be precisely; to be none other than; it is ... that

Synonyms

(to be precisely):

• 就是 (jiùshì)
• 即是 (jíshì)
• 便是 (biànshì)
• (Cantonese) 就係／就系

Antonyms

• 並不／并不 (bìngbù)

Conjunction

直是

1. even if, even though

Synonyms

• (even if): 即使 (jíshǐ), 即便 (jíbiàn), 縱使／纵使 (zòngshǐ), 哪怕 (nǎpà), 就算 (jiùsuàn), 甚至 (shènzhì), 直是 (zhíshì)

References

• “Entry #113472”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “直是”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 139.