直 meaning and pronunciation

直
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

  • 侄 : nephew
  • 值 : value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty;
  • 埴 : soil with large clay content;
  • 執 : Executive
  • 懫 : enraged; resentful; to hate; to desist;
  • 戠 : to gather; old variant of 埴[zhi2];
  • 执 : to execute (a plan); to grasp;
  • 摭 : pick up; to select;
  • 柣 : threshold;
  • 植 : to plant; to grow
  • 樴 : stake; picket;
  • 殖 : to grow; to reproduce;
  • 秷 : sound of reaping;
  • 稙 : early-planted crop;
  • 絷 : to connect; to tie up;
  • 职 : duty; job; fonction
  • 職 : Job
  • 蘵 : Physalis angulata;
  • 踯 : hesitating; to stop;
  • 蹠 : 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

爷 般