直書

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	book; letter
trad. (直書)		直	書
simp. (直书)		直	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhshu
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-shu¹
    • Yale: jŕ-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrshu
    • Palladius: чжишу (čžišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ syu¹
    • Yale: jihk syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² syː⁵⁵/

Verb

直書

1. to write straightforwardly; to record faithfully

Derived terms

• 振筆直書／振笔直书
• 秉筆直書／秉笔直书 (bǐngbǐzhíshū)
• 鐵筆直書／铁笔直书

 

Noun

直書

1. vertical writing, such as East Asian traditional vertical writing

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (直書):

• → Korean: 직서(直書) (jikseo)