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垂直

chuí zhí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

垂直 (chuí zhí) means "perpendicular; vertical". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 垂直 means

1. perpendicular; vertical

The characters in 垂直

• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable

Example sentences

• 垂直的金发滑过她的肩膀。
  Straight golden hair slides over her shoulder.

Words starting with 垂直

• 垂直线chuí zhí xiànvertical line
• 垂直轴chuí zhí zhóuvertical shaft; (math) vertical axis
• 垂直起落飞机chuí zhí qǐ luò fēi jīvertical takeoff and landing aircraft
• 垂直尾翼chuí zhí wěi yì(aviation) tailfin; vertical stabilizer
• 垂直和短距起落飞机chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jīvertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft

Words containing 垂直

• 母子垂直感染mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎnmother-to-infant transmission

Where 垂直 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chuàng–cì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chuí zhí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.