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直

zhí

Traditional: 直

#5021 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

straight, direct; continuously

Stroke order

Stroke order for 直

直

Examples

。

I've been waiting for you all along.

。

Please tell me the answer directly.

。

This road is long and straight.

。

This road is very straight.

背bèi。

Please keep your back straight.

直 (zhí) means straight or direct, both physically and figuratively. It runs through everyday adverbs and verbs such as 一直 (continuously, all along), 直接 (directly), 直到 (until), and 简直 (simply, downright).

Related words

简直

simply, just, downright

一直

always, continuously, all along

直到

until, up to, not until

直接

direct, directly

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 直.

一直yì zhíalways, continuously, all along直到zhí dàountil, up to, not until直接zhí jiēdirect, directly简直jiǎn zhísimply, just, downright

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This word is part of lesson 101.