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Meaning of 直
Pinyin
zhí
Radical
目
Strokes
8
Definition
straight / vertical / frank / directly / straightly / upright
Usage
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直 [zhí]
形 (Adjective)
1. 不弯曲: straight; not bent.
Examples: 直线 (straight line), 直角 (right angle), 直径 (diameter), 直立 (stand up straight), 直截了当 (straight to the point).
2. 把弯曲的伸开: straighten something that is bent.
Example: 直起腰来 (straighten the waist).
3. 公正合理: honest and fair.
Examples: 是非曲直 (right and wrong), 理直气壮 (justified and vigorous), 耿直 (upright), 正直 (upright).
4. 爽快，坦率: frank and straightforward.
Examples: 直爽 (frank), 直率 (straightforward), 直谏 (frankly advise), 直诚 (sincere), 直言不讳 (speak candidly).
5. 一个劲儿地，连续不断: continuously and without interruption.
Examples: 一直走 (keep walking), 直哭 (cry continuously).
6. 竖，与“横”相对: vertical, as opposed to horizontal.
Example: 不要横着写，要直着写 (do not write horizontally, write vertically).
7. 汉字笔形之一，自上至下: one of the strokes in Chinese characters, from top to bottom.
8. 姓: a surname.
副 (Adverb)
1. 径直，一直: directly; all the way.
Example: 直至初六 (directly until the sixth).
2. 故意: intentionally.
Example: 直堕其履圯下 (deliberately drop one's shoes under).
3. 竟然: unexpectedly.
Example: 直如此 (even like this).
4. 只;仅仅: only.
Example: 直不百步耳 (only a hundred steps away).
5. 简直: absolutely; literally.
Example: 直可惊天地 (literally shocking the heavens and the earth).
6. 通“特”: only; alone.
动 (Verb)
1. 伸直;挺直: straighten; make straight.
Example: 直身 (straighten one's body).
2. 伸雪 (冤屈): redress an injustice.
3. 面对着，当: confront; face.
4. 遇，碰上: meet; bump into.
5. 当值，轮值，轮班: take turn; be on duty.
6. 担任: undertake; assume the office of.
7. 价值相当于: be worth.
名 (Noun)
1. 价值;代价: value; worth.
Example: 值得我直 (worth my value).
2. 工钱: pay; salary.
Example: 受若直 (receive one’s pay).
3. 即使: even; even if.
介 (Preposition)
1. 当…时候: at that time.
Example: 直夜 (at night).
tell in a simple, straightforward way / narrate factually and unimaginatively / plain and ungarnished / speak or write in a dull, flat style
in 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
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently
Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old)
straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / from the beginning of ... up to ... / all along
to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in
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Input Method for 直
Pinyin
zhi2
Wubi
fhf
Cangjie
jbmm
Zhengma
edlc
Four Corner
40102
Unicode
U+76f4
Stroke Number Category
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