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一直

yī zhí

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

一直 (yī zhí) means "continuously; all along". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 一直 means

1. straight (in a straight line)
2. continuously; always; all the way through

How 一直 is used in grammar

一直 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Time Adverbs: 刚、还、忽然、一直、已经 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, adverbs (时间副词).

The characters in 一直

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable

Example sentences

• 你一直忙。
  You're always busy.
• 一直向前走！
  Keep going straight ahead!
• 我一直聪明。
  I've always been smart.
• 一直往前走。
  Keep walking straight ahead.
• 他一直都缺钱。
  Tā yīzhí dōu quēqián.
  He's always short of money.
• 你一直在哪里？
  Where have you been?

Words starting with 一直

• 一直以来yī zhí yǐ láiin the past always; for a long time now; until now

Where 一直 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Connectors, Conjunctions & Key Adverbs (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī zhí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.