直 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

直 English definition

zhí

  • straight
  • to straighten
  • fair and reasonable
  • frank
  • straightforward
  • (indicates continuing motion or action)
  • vertical
  • vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : nephew
  • : value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty;
  • : soil with large clay content;
  • : Executive
  • : enraged; resentful; to hate; to desist;
  • : to gather; old variant of 埴[zhi2];
  • : to execute (a plan); to grasp;
  • : pick up; to select;
  • : threshold;
  • : to plant; to grow
  • : stake; picket;
  • : to grow; to reproduce;
  • : sound of reaping;
  • : early-planted crop;
  • : to connect; to tie up;
  • : duty; job; fonction
  • : Job
  • : Physalis angulata;
  • : hesitating; to stop;
  • : metatarsus; sole of foot; to tread on;

Sentences examples with 直

  • 你一直向东走就到了。
    Nǐ yīzhí xiàng dōng zǒu jiù dàole.
  • 我一直不明白这句话的意思。
    Wǒ yīzhí bù míngbái zhè jù huà de yìsi.
  • 我生病了,妈妈一直照顾我。
    Wǒ shēngbìngle, māmā yīzhí zhàogù wǒ.
  • 散步的时候,小狗一直跟在我身后。
    Sànbù de shíhòu, xiǎo gǒu yīzhí gēn zài wǒ shēnhòu.
  • 他一直坚持自己的看法。
    Tā yīzhí jiānchí zìjǐ de kànfǎ.

Words containing 直, by HSK level