# 直直
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhízhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^6$ zik$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̍t-chhṳ̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ced$^6$ ced$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ti̍t-ti̍t / ti̍h-ti̍h / tī-tī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dig$^8$ dig$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhízhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhjhíh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^2$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: jŕ-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrjyr
*** Palladius: чжичжи (čžičži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^6$ zik$^6$
*** Yale: jihk jihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^9$ dzik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^6$ jig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚² t͡sɪk̚²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$夕夕 直直
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̍t-chhṳ̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciid ciid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cid$^6$ cid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵ t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ced$^6$ ced$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰət̚⁵ t͡sʰət̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍t-ti̍t
*** Tâi-lô: ti̍t-ti̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diddit
*** IPA (Singapore): /tit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tit̚⁴³/
*** IPA (Penang): /tit̚⁴⁻³ tit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tit̚⁴⁻³² tit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚²⁴⁻² tit̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti̍h-ti̍h
*** Tâi-lô: ti̍h-ti̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diqdih
*** IPA (Penang): /ti(ʔ)⁴⁻³ tiʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-tī
*** Tâi-lô: tī-tī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dixdi
*** IPA (Penang): /ti²¹ ti²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dig$^8$ dig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ti̍k ti̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /tik̚⁴⁻² tik̚⁴/

### Adjective

直直
* (ideophonic) straight as an arrow
* (of expression in one's eyes) dull; absent-minded

### Adverb

直直
* exactly
* honestly; truthfully
* (Hokkien) constantly; continuously
    From: 1967, 葉明龍 (lyricist), 《西北雨直直落》
    Sai-pak-hō͘ ti̍t-ti̍t lo̍h, chit-á-hî beh chhōa-bó͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The summer showers keep falling; the crucian carp wants to take a wife.
* (Hokkien) directly; simply
* (Southern Min) straight
    直直行 [Hokkien] ― ti̍t-ti̍t kiâⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― go straight

#### Synonyms

* (exactly): 整整 (zhěngzhěng)
* (constantly):
* 一向 (yīxiàng)
* 一直 (yīzhí)
* 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
* 一路 (yīlù)
* 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
* 不嬲 (Cantonese)
* 取總／取总 (qü$^3$ zong$^3$) (Sichuanese)
* 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
* 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
* 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
* 從來／从来 (cónglái)
* 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
* 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
* 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
* 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
* 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
* 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
* 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 一直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 一直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 一直 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 一直, 一路, 不嬲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 一直 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 一直 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 直直, 一直 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 直直, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 直直 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 一直 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 惦, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 惦, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 惦惦 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Further reading

* “Entry #4405”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 直 | 直 |
| じき Grade: 2 | じき Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 直直 – see the following entry. :
| 【直々じきじき】 | [adverb] (as 直々に) personally; directly |
(This term, 直直, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :