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直接

zhí jiē 2–1

direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
直 · 接
Syllables
2
zhí jiē
Frequency
Common
corpus count 588

Part of speech: ad,a

Character by character

  • 直zhí8 strokesHSK 2straight, erect, vertical
  • 接jiē11 strokesHSK 2receive; continue; catch; connect

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 直接. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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