直

Pronunciation : zhí [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Meaning : straight. (adj) vertical. (adj) upstanding. (adj) candid. (adj) continuously. (adv) simply. (adv) Radical : 目; 十 Strokes : 8 Traditional : 直 Usage : 39%

Common Words / Phrases:

1.

直播 zhí bō

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:

direct broadcast

2.

直到 zhí dào

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:

directly arrive; up to; until

3.

直接 zhí jiē

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:

direct; immediate

4.

直觉 zhí jué

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:

intuition

5.

直立 zhí lì

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:

erect; straight

6.

直爽 zhí shuǎng

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:

frank

7.

笔直 bǐ zhí

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:

perfectly straight

8.

简直 jiǎn zhí

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:

simply; absolutely

Sentences:

1. Air pollution will directly threaten people's health. kōng qì wū rǎn jiāng zhí jiē wēi xié rén lèi de jiàn kāng 空 气 污 染 将 直 接 威 胁 人 类 的 健 康 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

空气 : air 污染 : pollution 将 : will 直接 : directly 威胁 : threaten 人类 : human 的 : (particle) used after an attribute; to 健康 : health

2. He had an intuition that there was something wrong. tā píng zhí jiào zhī dào yǒu xiē dì fāng bú duì jìn 。 他 凭 直 觉 知 道 有 些 地 方 不 对 劲 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

他 : he 凭 : with 直觉 : intuition 知道 : know 有些 : there is 地方 : somewhere 不对劲 : wrong

3. I simply don't know what to make of it. wǒ jiǎn zhí bú míng bái zhè shì zěn me huí shì 。 我 简 直 不 明 白 这 是 怎 么 回 事 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

我 : I 简直 : simply 不明白 : don't know 这是 : this is 怎么回事 : what to make of it

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