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直

zhí

straight, erect, vertical

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Strokes
8
Radical
目
HSK
2
Tone
2

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我一直在想你。

    Wǒ yī zhí zài xiǎng nǐ

    I think of you all the time.

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  • 他坐直了。

    Tā zuò zhí le

    He was sitting up straight.

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  • 一直向前走!

    Yī zhí xiàng qián zǒu

    Keep going straight ahead!

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  • 他十分正直。

    Tā shí fēn zhèng zhí

    He is very honest.

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Words containing 直

  • 一直yī zhí 1–2 → 4–2straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
  • 直接zhí jiē 2–1 direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward
  • 直到zhí dào 2–4 until
  • 直zhí 2straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
  • 简直jiǎn zhí 3–2 simply; really
  • 直播zhí bō 2–1 (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding
  • 直线zhí xiàn 2–4 straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
  • 直升机zhí shēng jī 2–1–1helicopter
  • 垂直chuí zhí 2–2 perpendicular; vertical
  • 理直气壮lǐ zhí qì zhuàng 3–2–4–4in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful
  • 直至zhí zhì 2–4 lasting until; up till (the present)
  • 直觉zhí jué 2–2 intuition