直

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Example sentences

• 我一直在想你。

  Wǒ yī zhí zài xiǎng nǐ

  I think of you all the time.

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• 他坐直了。

  Tā zuò zhí le

  He was sitting up straight.

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• 一直向前走！

  Yī zhí xiàng qián zǒu

  Keep going straight ahead!

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• 他十分正直。

  Tā shí fēn zhèng zhí

  He is very honest.

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Words containing 直

• 一直yī zhí 1–2 → 4–2straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
• 直接zhí jiē 2–1 direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward
• 直到zhí dào 2–4 until
• 直zhí 2straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
• 简直jiǎn zhí 3–2 simply; really
• 直播zhí bō 2–1 (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast; (Internet) to livestream; (agriculture) direct seeding
• 直线zhí xiàn 2–4 straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
• 直升机zhí shēng jī 2–1–1helicopter
• 垂直chuí zhí 2–2 perpendicular; vertical
• 理直气壮lǐ zhí qì zhuàng 3–2–4–4in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful
• 直至zhí zhì 2–4 lasting until; up till (the present)
• 直觉zhí jué 2–2 intuition