直

zhí

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3

Definitions

1. straight
2. to straighten
3. fair and reasonable
4. frank
5. straightforward
6. (indicates continuing motion or action)
7. vertical
8. vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Example Sentences

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直 走。

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Words Containing 直

• 直角尺 zhí jiǎo chǐ: a set square (carpenter's tool)
• 正直 zhèng zhí: upright
• 直截 zhí jié: straightforward
• 直飞 zhí fēi: to fly non-stop; to fly direct (to ...)
• 直布罗陀 zhí bù luó tuó: Gibraltar
• 掰直 bāi zhí: to straighten
• 腹直肌 fù zhí jī: rectus abdominis muscle (aka abdominals or abs)
• 直顺 zhí shùn: straight and smooth (hair etc)
• 垂直和短距起落飞机 chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jī: vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
• 直视 zhí shì: to look straight at
• 直通 zhí tōng: to lead directly to
• 船到桥头自然直 chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí: lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb)
• 直发 zhí fà: straight hair
• 直捷 zhí jié: straightforward
• 直通车 zhí tōng chē: \through train\ (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
• 直陈 zhí chén: to say straight out
• 直言不讳 zhí yán bù huì: to speak bluntly (idiom)
• 直辖市 zhí xiá shì: municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
• 辐射直接效应 fú shè zhí jiē xiào yìng: direct effect of radiation
• 非直接 fēi zhí jiē: indirect
• 直角坐标 zhí jiǎo zuò biāo: rectangular coordinates
• 直肠直肚 zhí cháng zhí dù: frank and outspoken (idiom)
• 直谏 zhí jiàn: to admonish sb frankly
• 抗直 kàng zhí: unyielding
• 直系军阀 zhí xì jūn fá: the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords
• 单刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù: to get straight to the point (idiom)
• 拙直 zhuō zhí: simple and frank
• 直译 zhí yì: literal translation
• 菅直人 jiān zhí rén: KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2010-2011
• 直撅撅 zhí juē juē: completely straight
• 秉笔直书 bǐng bǐ zhí shū: to record faithfully
• 发直 fā zhí: to stare
• 直径 zhí jìng: diameter
• 直排 zhí pái: vertical setting (printing)
• 异面直线 yì miàn zhí xiàn: (math.) skew lines
• 直感 zhí gǎn: intuition
• 矫直 jiǎo zhí: to straighten
• 定直线 dìng zhí xiàn: directrix of a parabola
• 青云直上 qīng yún zhí shàng: rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post
• 直选 zhí xuǎn: direct election
• 西直门 xī zhí mén: Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing
• 外商直接投资 wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zī: overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)
• 直达 zhí dá: to reach (a place) directly
• 竖直 shù zhí: vertical
• 直发板 zhí fà bǎn: see 直髮器|直发器[zhí fà qì]
• 李直夫 lǐ zhí fū: Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[zá jù] style
• 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí: lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
• 直方图 zhí fāng tú: histogram
• 径情直遂 jìng qíng zhí suì: to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
• 省直管县 shěng zhí guǎn xiàn: direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform)
• 直角三角形 zhí jiǎo sān jiǎo xíng: right-angled triangle
• 耿直 gěng zhí: honest
• 直观 zhí guān: direct observation
• 直肠子 zhí cháng zi: (coll.) forthright person
• 直捣黄龙 zhí dǎo huáng lóng: lit. to directly attack Huanglong
• 率直 shuài zhí: frank
• 垂直尾翼 chuí zhí wěi yì: (aviation) tailfin
• 船到桥门自会直 chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí: lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
• 直线性加速器 zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qì: linear accelerator
• 直到现在 zhí dào xiàn zài: even now
• 理直气壮 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng: to have the courage of one's convictions
• 一直 yī zhí: straight (in a straight line)
• 垂直线 chuí zhí xiàn: vertical line
• 刚直 gāng zhí: upright and outspoken
• 嘴直 zuǐ zhí: straight shooter
• 口嫌体正直 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí: your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)
• 笔直 bǐ zhí: perfectly straight
• 直航 zhí háng: to fly or sail direct (to ...)
• 扯直 chě zhí: to straighten (by pulling or stretching)
• 弄直 nòng zhí: to straighten
• 长驱直入 cháng qū zhí rù: to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom)
• 直率 zhí shuài: candid
• 直捣 zhí dǎo: to storm
• 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí: everything will turn out all right (idiom)
• 直角 zhí jiǎo: a right angle
• 直来直往 zhí lái zhí wǎng: blunt
• 直播 zhí bō: (TV, radio) to broadcast live
• 直系血亲 zhí xì xuè qìng: direct descendant
• 直勾勾 zhí gōu gōu: (of one's gaze) fixed
• 直播带货 zhí bō dài huò: (neologism c. 2020) (of an Internet influencer etc) to showcase and promote products via live stream, providing links for viewers to make a purchase
• 肛门直肠 gāng mén zhí cháng: rectum (anatomy)
• 中央直辖市 zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì: municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
• 直面 zhí miàn: to face (reality, danger etc)
• 直话 zhí huà: straight talk
• 母子垂直感染 mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn: mother-to-infant transmission
• 任直 rèn zhí: Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
• 僵直 jiāng zhí: stiff
• 直到 zhí dào: until
• 直线 zhí xiàn: straight line
• 直待 zhí dài: to wait until
• 直抒胸臆 zhí shū xiōng yì: to speak one's mind
• 直系 zhí xì: directly related
• 直发器 zhí fà qì: hair straightener
• 廉直 lián zhí: upright and honest
• 直积 zhí jī: direct product (in set theory)
• 奋起直追 fèn qǐ zhí zhuī: to catch up vigorously
• 质直 zhì zhí: upright
• 直上云霄 zhí shàng yún xiāo: to soar into the sky
• 直译器 zhí yì qì: interpreter (computing)
• 直瞪瞪 zhí dèng dèng: to stare blankly
• 直接 zhí jiē: direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])
• 直系亲属 zhí xì qīn shǔ: next of kin
• 直接竞争 zhí jiē jìng zhēng: direct competitor
• 直系祖先 zhí xì zǔ xiān: direct ancestor
• 矫直机 jiǎo zhí jī: (manufacturing) straightening machine
• 直接了当 zhí jiē liǎo dàng: see 直截了當|直截了当[zhí jié liǎo dàng]
• 直升机 zhí shēng jī: helicopter
• 伸直 shēn zhí: to straighten
• 憨直 hān zhí: honest and straightforward
• 一直以来 yī zhí yǐ lái: in the past always
• 直接数据 zhí jiē shù jù: data-direct (in LAN emulation)
• 劲直 jìng zhí: strong and upright
• 直白 zhí bái: to speak frankly
• 直角器 zhí jiǎo qì: a set square (carpenter's tool)
• 直销 zhí xiāo: to sell directly
• 网络直径 wǎng luò zhí jìng: network diameter
• 直立人 zhí lì rén: Homo erectus
• 直立 zhí lì: erect
• 直书 zhí shū: to record faithfully
• 直隶 zhí lì: Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
• 直道而行 zhí dào ér xíng: lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
• 直流电 zhí liú diàn: direct current
• 直线加速器 zhí xiàn jiā sù qì: linear accelerator
• 迳直 jìng zhí: straight
• 直翅目 zhí chì mù: Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)
• 嘴快心直 zuǐ kuài xīn zhí: outspoken and frank (idiom)
• 纤芯直径 xiān xīn zhí jìng: core diameter (of a fiber)
• 垂直 chuí zhí: perpendicular; vertical
• 直布罗陀海峡 zhí bù luó tuó hǎi xiá: Strait of Gibraltar
• 直升飞机 zhí shēng fēi jī: see 直升機|直升机[zhí shēng jī]
• 直尺 zhí chǐ: straight ruler
• 强直性脊柱炎 qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán: ankylosing spondylitis
• 直笔 zhí bǐ: a straightforward honest account
• 直呼其名 zhí hū qí míng: (idiom) to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
• 口嫌体直 kǒu xián tǐ zhí: your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí])
• 直行 zhí xíng: to go straight
• 一往直前 yī wǎng zhí qián: see 一往無前|一往无前[yī wǎng wú qián]
• 现场直播 xiàn chǎng zhí bō: on-the-spot live broadcast
• 挺直 tǐng zhí: upright; erect
• 直至 zhí zhì: lasting until
• 直裰 zhí duō: everyday robe worn at home in ancient times
• 直皖战争 zhí wǎn zhàn zhēng: war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
• 爽直 shuǎng zhí: straightforward
• 直落布兰雅 zhí luò bù lán yǎ: Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore
• 直达车 zhí dá chē: through train (or bus)
• 直言无讳 zhí yán wú huì: to speak one's mind
• 横直 héng zhí: (colloquial) whatever
• 直通火车 zhí tōng huǒ chē: through train
• 直觉性 zhí jué xìng: intuitiveness
• 平直 píng zhí: smooth
• 直爽 zhí shuǎng: straightforward
• 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià: to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
• 勇往直前 yǒng wǎng zhí qián: to advance bravely
• 直根 zhí gēn: taproot (main root growing vertically down)
• 紫颊直嘴太阳鸟 zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ tài yáng niǎo: (bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
• 直眉瞪眼 zhí méi dèng yǎn: to stare angrily or vacantly
• 径直 jìng zhí: directly
• 亢直 kàng zhí: upright and unyielding (literary)
• 直接选举 zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ: direct election
• 矫枉过直 jiǎo wǎng guò zhí: see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng]
• 直达列车 zhí dá liè chē: through train
• 直接宾语 zhí jiē bīn yǔ: direct object (grammar)
• 直敪 zhí duō: a kind of a robe
• 东直门 dōng zhí mén: Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
• 直觉 zhí jué: intuition
• 简直 jiǎn zhí: simply; really
• 口快心直 kǒu kuài xīn zhí: see 心直口快[xīn zhí kǒu kuài]
• 直升机坪 zhí shēng jī píng: helipad
• 直愣愣 zhí lèng lèng: staring blankly
• 直属 zhí shǔ: directly subordinate
• 直接税 zhí jiē shuì: direct tax
• 照直 zhào zhí: directly
• 直肠 zhí cháng: rectum (anatomy)
• 直流 zhí liú: to flow steadily
• 曲直 qū zhí: lit. crooked and straight
• 扶摇直上 fú yáo zhí shàng: to skyrocket
• 直掇 zhí duō: a kind of a robe
• 直截了当 zhí jié liǎo dàng: direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
• 一直往前 yī zhí wǎng qián: straight ahead
• 直言命题 zhí yán mìng tí: categorical proposition (logic)
• 直馏 zhí liú: direct distillation
• 意大利直面 yì dà lì zhí miàn: spaghetti
• 直情径行 zhí qíng jìng xíng: straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
• 横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng: (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
• 直辖 zhí xiá: to govern directly
• 垂直轴 chuí zhí zhóu: vertical shaft
• 直溜溜 zhí liū liū: straight as an arrow
• 直达航班 zhí dá háng bān: direct flight
• 韩彦直 hán yàn zhí: Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录[jú lù]
• 直言 zhí yán: to speak forthrightly
• 直男 zhí nán: straight guy
• 直幅 zhí fú: vertical scroll
• 心直嘴快 xīn zhí zuǐ kuài: frank and outspoken
• 心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài: frank and outspoken (idiom)
• 直僵 zhí jiāng: rigid
• 直奔 zhí bèn: to go straight to
• 直肠镜 zhí cháng jìng: proctoscope (medicine)
• 直男癌 zhí nán ái: (slang) male chauvinism
• 垂直起落飞机 chuí zhí qǐ luò fēi jī: vertical takeoff and landing aircraft
• 直来直去 zhí lái zhí qù: going directly (without detour)
• 以直报怨，以德报德 yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé: to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)