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耿直

gěng zhí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

耿直 (gěng zhí) means "honest; frank; candid". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 耿直 means

1. honest; frank; candid

The characters in 耿直

• 耿gěng(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable

Sounds the same

Read gěng zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 梗直variant of 耿直
• 鲠直variant of 耿直

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