直ちょく須

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	necessary; must; need
trad. (直ちょく須)		直じき	須
simp. (直ちょく须)		直じき	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhíxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhsyu
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-hsü¹
    • Yale: jŕ-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrshiu
    • Palladius: чжисюй (čžisjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ seoi¹
    • Yale: jihk sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drik sju

Rime
Character	直じき	須
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	澄きよし (11)	心しん (16)
Final (韻いん)	職しょく (134)	虞おそれ (24)
Tone (調しらべ)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	除じょ力ちから切きり	相そう俞切きり
Baxter	drik	sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨk̚/	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖɨk̚/	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiek̚/	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖik̚/	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/ȡiək̚/	/sio/
Wang Li	/ȡĭək̚/	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ək̚/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhí	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6	seoi1

Verb

直ちょく須

1. (literary) should (at once)

   • 花はな開ひらく堪こらえ折おり直ちょく須折おり，莫待まち無む花はな空そら折おり枝えだ。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     花はな开堪こらえ折おり直ちょく须折おり，莫待まち无花はな空そら折おり枝えだ。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 金きむ縷衣

     Huā kāi kān zhé zhíxū zhé, mò dài wú huā kōng zhé zhī. [Pinyin]

     Pluck the flower as soon as it blossoms and can be plucked; wait not till the bloom is gone, and you pluck the bare twig.

2. (literary) to (surprisingly) need

Synonyms

• (should):

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• 合ごう該／合ごう该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 在ざい得とく (zai⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 好こう通つう (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 宜むべ (yí)
• 徑みち須／径みち须 (jìngxū) (literary)
• 應おう／应 (yīng)
• 應おう當とう／应当 (yīngdāng)
• 應おう該／应该 (yīnggāi)
• 會かい／会かい (literary)
• 會かい須／会かい须 (huìxū) (literary)
• 理り合あい (lǐhé) (literary)
• 理り應おう／理り应 (lǐyīng)
• 理り當とう／理り当とう (lǐdāng)
• 當とう／当とう (literary)
• 相應そうおう／相あい应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
• 該／该 (gāi)
• 該當がいとう／该当 (gāidāng)