直白

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (直白)		直	白
anagram		白直

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ baak⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dêg⁸ bêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhbái
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-pai²
    • Yale: jŕ-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrbair
    • Palladius: чжибай (čžibaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: jihk baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² paːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêg⁸ bêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: te̍k pe̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tek̚⁴⁻² peʔ⁴/

Note: Jieyang.

Adjective

直白

1. frank; open; blunt

Synonyms

• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 坦率 (tǎnshuài)
• 坦白 (tǎnbái)
• 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
• 忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
• 憨厚 (hānhòu)
• 憨實／憨实 (hānshí)
• 憨直 (hānzhí)
• 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
• 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)
• 爽直 (shuǎngzhí)
• 率直 (shuàizhí)
• 疏朗 (shūlǎng) (literary)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 直爽 (zhíshuǎng)
• 直率 (zhíshuài)
• 老實／老实 (lǎoshí)