直

zhí

HSK 5 adjective / verb / adverb

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Meaning 释义

  1. straight
  2. to straighten
  3. fair and reasonable
  4. frank
  5. straightforward
  6. (indicates continuing motion or action)
  7. vertical
  8. vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Definition data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0

In real sentences 真实例句

你nǐ这个zhège星期xīngqī一直yīzhí在zài做zuò什么shénme？

What have you been doing this week?

Tatoeba #900735

好hǎo的de。房间Fángjiān里lǐ长途电话chángtúdiànhuà可以kěyǐ直zhí拨bō吗ma？

Good. Can you make long distance calls from the room?

Tatoeba #420448

珍zhēn是shì一个yī ge有yǒu话huà直zhí说shuō的de人rén。

Jane calls a spade a spade.

Tatoeba #466206

直zhí子zi是shì个gè游泳yóuyǒng员yuán。

Naoko is a swimmer.

Tatoeba #396972

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Character breakdown 单字拆解

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Related words 相关词

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