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直

zhí

HSK 5 Character

What 直 means

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

Other readings

直 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhísurname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors {炎帝|Yán dì} descended

Example sentences

• 直走。
  Go straight ahead.
• 继续直行。
  Jìxù zhíxíng.
  Keep going straight.
• 他坐直了。
  He was sitting up straight.
• 直到下周。
  Until next week.
• 你一直忙。
  You're always busy.
• 直接回家。
  Go straight home.

Words starting with 直

• 直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 间接; immediate; straightforward
• 直到zhí dàountil
• 直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream
• 直至zhí zhìlasting until; up till (the present)
• 直奔zhí bènto go straight to; to make a beeline for
• 直觉zhí juéintuition
• 直线zhí xiànstraight line; sharply (rise or fall)
• 直达zhí dáto reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing…
• 直升机zhí shēng jīhelicopter
• 直销zhí xiāoto sell directly; direct sale (by a factory); direct marketing
• 直径zhí jìngdiameter
• 直观zhí guāndirect observation; directly perceived through the senses; intuitive
• 直属zhí shǔdirectly subordinate
• 直辖市zhí xiá shìmunicipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重庆, the first…
• 直言zhí yánto speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly
• 直截了当zhí jié liǎo dàngdirect and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
• 直流zhí liúto flow steadily; direct current (DC)
• 直视zhí shìto look straight at
• 直面zhí miànto face (reality, danger etc)
• 直率zhí shuàicandid; frank
• 直通zhí tōngto lead directly to
• 直立zhí lìerect; upright; vertical
• 直白zhí báito speak frankly; frank; open; blunt
• 直通车zhí tōng chē"through train"…

Words containing 直

• 一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
• 简直jiǎn zhísimply; really
• 垂直chuí zhíperpendicular; vertical
• 理直气壮lǐ zhí qì zhuàngin the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side…
• 径直jìng zhídirectly
• 正直zhèng zhíupright; upstanding; honest
• 笔直bǐ zhíperfectly straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright
• 挺直tǐng zhíupright; erect; to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect
• 西直门Xī zhí ménXizhimen neighborhood of Beijing; the main northwest gate of Beijing
• 东直门Dōng zhí ménDongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
• 伸直shēn zhíto straighten; to stretch out
• 勇往直前yǒng wǎng zhí qiánto advance bravely
• 横冲直撞héng chōng zhí zhuàng(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
• 僵直jiāng zhístiff; rigid; inflexible
• 率直shuài zhífrank; straightforward; blunt
• 耿直gěng zhíhonest; frank; candid
• 平直píng zhísmooth; level
• 单刀直入dān dāo zhí rù(idiom) to get straight to the point
• 急转直下jí zhuǎn zhí xiàto develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
• 长驱直入cháng qū zhí rùto march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom)…
• 任直Rèn zhíNintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
• 得直dé zhí(HK, Sg) (law) to have one's appeal allowed; to win an appeal
• 照直zhào zhídirectly; straight; straight ahead
• 发直fā zhíto stare; to look blank; to be fixed (of eyes)

Characters that look like 直

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 览lǎnto look at; to view; to read
• 良liánggood; very; very much
• 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…

Sounds the same

Read zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 职office; duty
• 值value; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 植to plant
• 执to execute (a plan); to grasp
• 殖to grow; to reproduce
• 侄brother's son; nephew
• 跖metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
• 踯used in 踯躅
• 埴soil with large clay content
• 秷sound of reaping
• 摭pick up; to select
• 稙early-planted crop