直 (zik6 | zhi2) : straight; vertical; upright; outspoken

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直

zik6

zhi2

[1] [adj/v] straight; straighten | [antonym] 彎
[2] [adj] vertical; perpendicular | [antonym] 橫
[3] [adj] upright; just; honest; fair
[4] [adj] outspoken; frank; straightforward
[5] [adv] directly; continuously; simply

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

直

Don't confuse with:
真

This word has been viewed 16248 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Feb 2014 01:04

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一直 jat1 zik6 yi1 zhi2 = always; straight; continue

簡直 gaan2 zik6 jian3 zhi2 = simply

直程 zik6 cing4 zhi2 cheng2 = directly; straightaway; sure enough 粵

直航 zik6 hong4 zhi2 hang2 = direct flight; nonstop flight

挺直 ting5 zik6 = stand upright

直接 zik6 zip3 zhi2 jie1 = direct; directly

直昇機 zik6 sing1 gei1 zhi2 sheng1 ji1 = helicopter

直線 zik6 sin3 zhi2 xian4 = straight line; direct line

單刀直入 daan1 dou1 zik6 jap6 = straight to the point 粵

直到 zik6 dou3 zhi2 dao4 = until
See all 101 compounds (CantoDict reports 108 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 直

佢直程唔睬我。粵
He completely ignored me.

近排我一直都捱夜加班粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.
[Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]

兩線垂直相交。
The two lines meet at right angles.

年卅呀晚呢度人山人海直情水泄不通粵
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.

打直第一行
first column
[note the split characters for 直行]

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

佢變到我簡直認佢唔出。粵
He had changed so much that I no longer recognized him.
[The two verbs 變 and 認 are each affixed with a verb particle 到 and 唔出 respectively. 到 is a degree particle while 唔出 is a potential particle.]

直覺話我知﹐錢係佢偷嘅。粵
I have a gut feeling that he stole the money.
[The two nouns "feeling" and "money" could be placed ahead of the two pronouns "I" and "he" respectively in the Cantonese version.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 直
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