直隸

Chinese

		straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright	attached to; scribe
trad. (直隸)		直	隸
simp. (直隶)		直	隶
alternative forms		直𨽻 直隷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhílì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ dai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhílì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhlì
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-li⁴
    • Yale: jŕ-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrlih
    • Palladius: чжили (čžili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 直立 直隸 / 直隶 質粒 / 质粒

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ dai⁶
    • Yale: jihk daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² tɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

直隸

1. (historical) (～省) Zhili (a former province in northern China from 14th-century Ming Dynasty until 1928, approximately modern-day Hebei, notably containing the city of Beijing)

Descendants

• → English: Zhili, Chihli
• → Manchu: ᡷᡳᠯᡳ (jyli)

See also

• 河北 (Héběi)

Verb

直隸

1. (literary) to be directly under the jurisdiction of