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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "直"

Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 直

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of "直"

Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 直

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Pinyin zhí

Radical

目

Strokes

Definition

straight / vertical / frank / directly / straightly / upright

Usage

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平铺直叙 píng pū zhí xù

tell in a simple, straightforward way / narrate factually and unimaginatively / plain and ungarnished / speak or write in a dull, flat style

垂直 chuí zhí

perpendicular / vertical

垂直带 chuí zhí dài

Vertical band

垂直扫描频率 chuí zhí sǎo miáo pín lǜ

Vertical scan frequency

理直气壮 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng

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

直奔 zhí bèn

to go straight to / to make a beeline for

勇往直前 yǒng wǎng zhí qián

to advance bravely

直勾勾 zhí gōu gōu

with fixed eyes

直升机 zhí shēng jī

helicopter / CL:架[jia4]

直属 zhí shǔ

directly subordinate

直布罗陀海峡 Zhí bù luó tuó Hǎi xiá

Strait of Gibraltar

直辖市 zhí xiá shì

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

直径 zhí jìng

diameter

径直 jìng zhí

directly

直刺 zhí cì

straight gear

戆直 gàng zhí

simple and honest

直愣愣 zhí lèng lèng

staring blankly

憨直 hān zhí

honest and straightforward

直接 zhí jiē

direct / opposite: indirect 間接|间接 / immediate / directly / straightforward

直截了当 zhí jié liǎo dàng

direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt / straightforward

扶摇直上 fú yáo zhí shàng

to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career

直抒胸臆 zhí shū xiōng yì

to speak one's mind

直抵 zhí dǐ

Straight to

挺直 tǐng zhí

straight and upright

直挺挺 zhí tǐng tǐng

straight / stiff / bolt upright

直捣 zhí dǎo

to storm / to attack directly

直捣黄龙 zhí dǎo Huáng Lóng

lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem

横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng

lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently

直播 zhí bō

live broadcast (not recorded) / direct Internet broadcasting / (agriculture) direct seeding

僵直 jiāng zhí

stiff / rigid / inflexible

伸直 shēn zhí

to straighten / to stretch out

直爽 zhí shuǎng

straightforward / outspoken

爽直 shuǎng zhí

straightforward

直肠癌 zhí cháng ái

carcinoma of the rectum

直盯盯 zhí dīng dīng

with fixed eyes

简直 jiǎn zhí

simply / at all / practically

省直 shěng zhí

Province straight

直隶 Zhí lì

Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong

直到 zhí dào

until

直至 zhí zhì

lasting until / up till (the present)

直达 zhí dá

to go nonstop to / through (as in "through train") / nonstop

直言 zhí yán

to speak forthrightly / to talk bluntly

直线 zhí xiàn

straight line / sharply (rise or fall)

直辖 zhí xiá

to govern directly

正直 zhèng zhí

upright / upstanding / honest

直瞪瞪 zhí dèng dèng

to stare blankly

竖直 shù zhí

vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old)

笔直 bǐ zhí

perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright

直翅目 zhí chì mù

Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts)

直肠 zhí cháng

rectum (anatomy)

一直 yī zhí

straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / from the beginning of ... up to ... / all along

直立茎 zhí lì jīng

erect stem

直裰 zhí duō

everyday robe worn at home in ancient times / robe worn by priests, monks and scholars

直觉 zhí jué

intuition

直言不讳 zhí yán bù huì

to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words

直译 zhí yì

literal translation

犯颜直谏 fàn yán zhí jiàn

Guilty

直言极谏 zhí yán jí jiàn

Bluntly admonish

直言进谏 zhí yán jìn jiàn

Bluntly admonish

铅直 qiān zhí

vertical / plumb

直链 zhí liàn

linear chain

直布罗陀 Zhí bù luó tuó

Gibraltar

陡直 dǒu zhí

Steep

直隶省 zhí lì shěng

Zhili Province

长驱直入 cháng qū zhí rù

to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in

鲠直 gěng zhí

variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2]

How to write 直

Animated Stroke Order of 直

Stroke by Stroke: 直 Writing Order

Follow the Calligraphy Master: Writing '直' Step-by-Step

Free Printable 直 Handwriting Practice Worksheets

Meaning of 直

Same Pronunciation Characters

Same Radical Characters