耿介

Chinese

		bright	introduce; lie between; between
simp. and trad. (耿介)		耿	介

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gěngjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² gaai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gěngjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geengjieh
  - IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gang² gaai³
  - Yale: gáng gaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gang² gaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: geng² gai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ kɑːi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: /kˠɛŋ^X kˠɛi^H/▼

Rime
Character	耿	介
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古幸切	古拜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛŋ^X/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæŋ^X/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐŋ^X/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjŋ^X/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/kɛŋ^X/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/kæŋ^X/	/kɐi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæŋ^X/	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gěng	jiè

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤreŋʔ kˤr[e]p-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kreːŋʔ kreːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耿	介
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gěng	jiè
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛng^X ›	‹ kɛj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˤreŋʔ/	/*kˤr[e]p-s/
English	brilliant; wide awake	armour; scale of animals
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耿	介
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3989	6525
Phonetic component	耿	介
Rime group	耕	祭
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	耿	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːŋʔ/	/*kreːds/

Adjective

耿介

(literary) upright and outstanding; plainspoken and upstanding
- 彼堯舜之耿介兮，既遵道而得路。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  彼尧舜之耿介兮，既遵道而得路。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Bǐ Yáo Shùn zhī gěngjiè xī, jì zūndào ér dé lù. [Pinyin]
  Yao and Shun with their staunch integrity,
  Found the path by following the Way.

Derived terms

耿介之士

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