Dictionary › 直接

直接

zhí jiē

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

直接 (zhí jiē) means "direct (opposite: indirect 间接)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 直接 means

1. direct (opposite: indirect {间接|jiàn jiē})
2. immediate
3. straightforward

The characters in 直接

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb

Example sentences

• 直接回家。
  Go straight home.
• 他说话很直接。
  He's very straightforward.
• 我直接地问了他。
  I asked him point-blank.
• 我直接到他那里去。
  Wǒ zhíjiē dào tā nàli qù.
  I went to his place straight away.
• 这与你有直接关系。
  This directly concerns you.
• 工作之后我直接回家。
  After work I go straight home.

Words starting with 直接

• 直接数据zhí jiē shù jùdata-direct (in LAN emulation)
• 直接选举zhí jiē xuǎn jǔdirect election
• 直接税zhí jiē shuìdirect tax
• 直接竞争zhí jiē jìng zhēngdirect competitor; direct competition
• 直接宾语zhí jiē bīn yǔdirect object (grammar)
• 直接了当zhí jiē liǎo dàngsee 直截了当

Words containing 直接

• 非直接fēi zhí jiēindirect
• 外商直接投资wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zīoverseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)

Where 直接 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Formal register words (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhí jiē correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.