直 Zhí

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Traditional form

直 Zhí

Contains the radical

目 mù

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

To look someone in the eye 目 mù

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿳十目一

Explanation

Pictograph of a straight line coming from the eye, depicting somone looking straight at something. An additional stroke was added at the bottom for unkown reasons.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 直 Zhí in different contexts.

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这 zhè 鱼 Yú 简直 jiǎnzhí 一点 yī diǎn 也 Yě 不 bù 甜 tián ,元气 yuán qì 还 Huán 都 dōu 保存 bǎocún 着 zhāo . ”

This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it. "

弗烈特 tè 憋 biē 了 le 一肚子 yī dù zi 闷气,一直 yīzhí 在 zài 抽雪前烟 yān .

Freddie had been puffing on his cigar angrily.

直到 zhí dào 我 wǒ 看到这幅画 huà 的 de 说明 shuōmíng 才 cái 弄 lòng 懂 dǒng 其 qí 意思 yìsi .

I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.

火焰 huǒyàn 直 Zhí 窜 cuàn 天空 tiānkōng .

Flames were soaring into the sky.

病人 bìng rén 疼 téng 得 dé 在 zài 床 chuáng 上 shǎng 直 Zhí 打滚 dǎ gǔn .

The patient was writhing ( about ) on the bed in agony.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 直 Zhí in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
一直 yīzhí	always	一直 yīzhí
直接 zhíjiē	direct	直接 zhíjiē
直到 zhí dào	until	直到 zhí dào
简直 jiǎnzhí	simply	簡直
直 Zhí	straight	直 Zhí
直播 zhíbō	live broadcast (not recorded)	直播 zhíbō
直升机 zhí shēng jī	helicopter	直升機
直觉 zhí jué	intuition	直覺
直至 zhí zhì	lasting until	直至 zhí zhì
直径 zhíjìng	diameter	直徑
直线 zhí xiàn	straight line	直線
垂直 chuízhí	vertical	垂直 chuízhí
正直 zhèng zhí	upright	正直 zhèng zhí
直销 zhí xiāo	to sell directly	直銷
直言 zhí yán	to talk bluntly	直言 zhí yán
直奔 zhí bèn	to go straight to	直奔 zhí bèn
直辖市 zhí xiá shì	province level city	直轄市
直观 zhí guān	intuitive	直觀
直属 zhí shǔ	directly subordinate	直屬
直达 zhí dá	nonstop	直達
直升飞机 zhí shēng fēi jī	helicopter	直升飛機
直视 zhí shì	to look straight at	直視
径直 jìng zhí	directly	徑直
直面 zhí miàn	to face (reality, danger etc)	直面 zhí miàn