剛直不阿

Chinese

		upright and outspoken	not; no	phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
trad. (剛直不阿)		剛直	不	阿
simp. (刚直不阿)		刚直	不	阿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāngzhíbù'ē

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄓˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄜ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ dig⁸ bug⁴ o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāngzhíbù'ē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄓˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gangjhíhbù-e
    • Wade–Giles: kang¹-chih²-pu⁴-o¹
    • Yale: gāng-jŕ-bù-ē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangjyrbue
    • Palladius: ганчжибуэ (gančžibue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹ dig⁸ bug⁴ o¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang ti̍k puk o
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ tik̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ o³³/

Idiom

剛直不阿

1. to be upright and not flatter; to be righteous and not curry favor with others

Synonyms

• 剛正不阿／刚正不阿 (gāngzhèngbù'ē)