| 直 | [ zhí ] surname Zhi, Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 直 | [ zhí ] straight, to straighten, fair and reasonable, frank, straightforward, (indicates continuing motion or action), vertical, vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |
| 直上雲霄 | [ zhí shàng yún ] to soar into the sky |
| 直來直去 | [ zhí laí zhí qù ] going directly (without detour), (fig.) direct, straightforward (in one's manner or speech) |
| 直來直往 | [ zhí laí zhí wǎng ] blunt, outspoken |
| 直係軍閥 | [ zhí xì jūn fá ] the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords |
| 直到 | [ zhí daò ] until |
| 直到現在 | [ zhí daò xiàn zaì ] even now, until now, right up to the present |
| 直勾勾 | [ zhí goū goū ] (of one's gaze) fixed, staring |
| 直升機 | [ zhí shēng jī ] helicopter, CL:架[jia4] |
| 直升機坪 | [ zhí shēng jī píng ] helipad |
| 直升飛機 | [ zhí shēng feī jī ] see 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1] |
| 直呼其名 | [ zhí hū qí míng ] to address sb directly by name (idiom), to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating either familiarity or overfamiliarity) |
| 直奔 | [ zhí bèn ] to go straight to, to make a beeline for |
| 直尺 | [ zhí chǐ ] straight ruler |
| 直屬 | [ zhí shǔ ] directly subordinate |
| 直布羅陀 | [ zhí bù luó tuó ] Gibraltar |
| 直布羅陀海峽 | [ zhí bù luó tuó haǐ xiá ] Strait of Gibraltar |
| 直幅 | [ zhí fú ] vertical scroll, (advertising) vertical banner |
| 直待 | [ zhí daì ] to wait until, until |
| 直徑 | [ zhí jìng ] diameter |
| 直情徑行 | [ zhí qíng jìng xíng ] straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom) |
| 直感 | [ zhí gǎn ] intuition, direct feeling or understanding |
| 直愣愣 | [ zhí lèng lèng ] staring blankly |
| 直截 | [ zhí jié ] straightforward |
| 直截了當 | [ zhí jié dàng ] direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt, straightforward |
| 直抒胸臆 | [ zhí shū xiōng yì ] to speak one's mind |
| 直捷 | [ zhí jié ] straightforward |
| 直捷了當 | [ zhí jié dàng ] variant of 直截了當|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4] |
| 直掇 | [ zhí duō ] a kind of a robe |
| 直排 | [ zhí paí ] vertical setting (printing) |
| 直接 | [ zhí jiē ] direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]), immediate, straightforward |
| 直接了當 | [ zhí jiē dàng ] see 直截了當|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4] |
| 直接數據 | [ zhí jiē shù jù ] data-direct (in LAN emulation) |
| 直接稅 | [ zhí jiē shuì ] direct tax |
| 直接競爭 | [ zhí jiē jìng zhēng ] direct competitor, direct competition |
| 直接賓語 | [ zhí jiē bīn yǔ ] direct object (grammar) |
| 直接選舉 | [ zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ ] direct election |
| 直搗 | [ zhí daǒ ] to storm, to attack directly |
| 直搗黃龍 | [ zhí daǒ huáng lóng ] lit. to directly attack Huanglong, fig. to directly combat the root of a problem |
| 直撅撅 | [ zhí juē juē ] completely straight |
| 直播 | [ zhí bō ] (TV, radio) to broadcast live, live broadcast, (Internet) to livestream, (agriculture) direct seeding |
| 直敪 | [ zhí duō ] a kind of a robe |
| 直方圖 | [ zhí fāng tú ] histogram, bar chart |
| 直書 | [ zhí shū ] to record faithfully |
| 直根 | [ zhí gēn ] taproot (main root growing vertically down) |
| 直殭 | [ zhí jiāng ] rigid, stiff |
| 直流 | [ zhí liú ] to flow steadily, direct current (DC) |
| 直流電 | [ zhí liú diàn ] direct current |
| 直溜溜 | [ zhí liū liū ] straight as an arrow |
| 直爽 | [ zhí shuǎng ] straightforward, outspoken |
| 直率 | [ zhí ] candid, frank |
| 直男 | [ zhí nán ] straight guy |
| 直男癌 | [ zhí nán aí ] (slang) male chauvinism |
| 直白 | [ zhí baí ] frank, open, blunt |
| 直皖戰爭 | [ zhí wǎn zhàn zhēng ] war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government |
| 直眉瞪眼 | [ zhí meí dèng yǎn ] to stare angrily or vacantly |
| 直瞪瞪 | [ zhí dèng dèng ] to stare blankly |
| 直積 | [ zhí jī ] direct product (in set theory) |
| 直立 | [ zhí lì ] erect, upright, vertical |
| 直立人 | [ zhí lì rén ] Homo erectus |
| 直笛 | [ zhí dí ] recorder (musical instrument) (Tw) |
| 直筆 | [ zhí bǐ ] a straightforward honest account |
| 直系 | [ zhí xì ] directly related |
| 直系祖先 | [ zhí xì zǔ xiān ] direct ancestor |
| 直系血親 | [ zhí xì xuè qìng ] direct descendant, blood relative |
| 直系親屬 | [ zhí xì qīn shǔ ] next of kin, immediate dependant |
| 直線 | [ zhí xiàn ] straight line, sharply (rise or fall) |
| 直線加速器 | [ zhí xiàn jiā sù qì ] linear accelerator |
| 直線性加速器 | [ zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qì ] linear accelerator |
| 直翅目 | [ zhí chì mù ] Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts) |
| 直腸 | [ zhí cháng ] rectum (anatomy) |
| 直腸子 | [ zhí cháng zi ] (coll.) forthright person |
| 直腸直肚 | [ zhí cháng zhí dù ] frank and outspoken (idiom) |
| 直腸鏡 | [ zhí cháng jìng ] proctoscope (medicine) |
| 直至 | [ zhí zhì ] lasting until, up till (the present) |
| 直航 | [ zhí háng ] direct flight, to fly directly |
| 直落布蘭雅 | [ zhí luò bù lán yǎ ] Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore |
| 直行 | [ zhí xíng ] to go straight, straight forward, fig. to do right |
| 直裰 | [ zhí duō ] everyday robe worn at home in ancient times, robe worn by priests, monks and scholars |
| 直視 | [ zhí shì ] to look straight at |
| 直覺 | [ zhí jué ] intuition |
| 直覺性 | [ zhí jué xìng ] intuitiveness |
| 直觀 | [ zhí guān ] direct observation, directly perceived through the senses, intuitive, audiovisual |
| 直角 | [ zhí ] a right angle |
| 直角三角 | [ zhí sān ] a right angled triangle |
| 直角三角形 | [ zhí sān xíng ] a right angled triangle |
| 直角器 | [ zhí qì ] a set square (carpenter's tool) |
| 直角尺 | [ zhí chǐ ] a set square (carpenter's tool) |
| 直角座標 | [ zhí zuò ] rectangular coordinates |
| 直言 | [ zhí yán ] to speak forthrightly, to talk bluntly |
| 直言不諱 | [ zhí yán bù huì ] to speak bluntly (idiom), not to mince words |
| 直言命題 | [ zhí yán mìng tí ] categorical proposition (logic) |
| 直言無諱 | [ zhí yán wú huì ] to speak one's mind, to speak candidly (idiom) |
| 直話 | [ zhí huà ] straight talk, straightforward words |
| 直諫 | [ zhí jiàn ] to admonish sb frankly, direct criticism |
| 直譯 | [ zhí yì ] literal translation |
| 直譯器 | [ zhí yì qì ] interpreter (computing) |
| 直轄 | [ zhí xiá ] to govern directly |
| 直轄市 | [ zhí xiá shì ] municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision, province level city, also called directly governed city |
| 直通 | [ zhí tōng ] to lead directly to |
| 直通火車 | [ zhí tōng huǒ chē ] through train |
| 直通車 | [ zhí tōng chē ] "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao) |
| 直道而行 | [ zhí daò ér xíng ] lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity |
| 直達 | [ zhí dá ] to go nonstop to, through (as in "through train"), nonstop |
| 直達車 | [ zhí dá chē ] through train (or bus) |
| 直選 | [ zhí xuǎn ] direct election |
| 直銷 | [ zhí ] to sell directly, direct sale (by a factory), direct marketing |
| 直陳 | [ zhí chén ] to say straight out, to point out bluntly, to give a straightforward account, to disclose |
| 直隸 | [ zhí lì ] Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong |
| 直面 | [ zhí miàn ] to face (reality, danger etc) |
| 直順 | [ zhí shùn ] straight and smooth (hair etc) |
| 直飛 | [ zhí feī ] to fly directly, direct flight |
| 直餾 | [ zhí liú ] direct distillation |
| 直髮 | [ zhí fà ] straight hair |
| 直髮器 | [ zhí fà qì ] hair straightener |
| 直髮板 | [ zhí fà bǎn ] see 直髮器|直发器[zhi2 fa4 qi4] |
| ⇒ 一往直前 | [ yī wǎng zhí qián ] see 一往無前|一往无前[yi1 wang3 wu2 qian2] |
| ⇒ 一直 | [ yī zhí ] straight (in a straight line), continuously, always, from the beginning of ... up to ..., all along |
| ⇒ 一直以來 | [ yī zhí yǐ laí ] in the past always, for a long time now, until now |
| ⇒ 一直往前 | [ yī zhí wǎng qián ] straight ahead |
| ⇒ 中央直轄市 | [ zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì ] municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision, province level city, also called directly governed city |
| ⇒ 亢直 | [ kàng zhí ] upright and unyielding (literary) |
| ⇒ 以直報怨，以德報德 | [ yǐ zhí baò yuàn yǐ dé baò dé ] to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects) |
| ⇒ 任直 | [ rèn zhí ] Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation) |
| ⇒ 伸直 | [ shēn zhí ] to straighten, to stretch out |
| ⇒ 僵直 | [ jiāng zhí ] stiff, rigid, inflexible |
| ⇒ 剛直 | [ gāng zhí ] upright and outspoken |
| ⇒ 勁直 | [ jìng zhí ] strong and upright |
| ⇒ 勇往直前 | [ yǒng wǎng zhí qián ] to advance bravely |
| ⇒ 口嫌體正直 | [ koǔ xián tǐ zhèng zhí ] your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) |
| ⇒ 口嫌體直 | [ koǔ xián tǐ zhí ] your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2]) |
| ⇒ 口快心直 | [ koǔ xīn zhí ] see 心直口快[xin1 zhi2 kou3 kuai4] |
| ⇒ 單刀直入 | [ dān daō zhí rù ] to get straight to the point (idiom) |
| ⇒ 嘴快心直 | [ zuǐ xīn zhí ] outspoken and frank (idiom) |
| ⇒ 嘴直 | [ zuǐ zhí ] straight shooter |
| ⇒ 垂直 | [ chuí zhí ] perpendicular, vertical |
| ⇒ 垂直和短距起落飛機 | [ chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò feī jī ] vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft |
| ⇒ 垂直尾翼 | [ chuí zhí weǐ yì ] (aviation) tailfin, vertical stabilizer |
| ⇒ 垂直線 | [ chuí zhí xiàn ] vertical line |
| ⇒ 垂直起落飛機 | [ chuí zhí qǐ luò feī jī ] vertical takeoff and landing aircraft |
| ⇒ 垂直軸 | [ chuí zhí zhoú ] vertical shaft, (math.) vertical axis |
| ⇒ 外商直接投資 | [ waì shāng zhí jiē toú zī ] overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI) |
| ⇒ 奮起直追 | [ fèn qǐ zhí zhuī ] to catch up vigorously, to set off in hot pursuit |
| ⇒ 定直線 | [ dìng zhí xiàn ] directrix of a parabola |
| ⇒ 平直 | [ píng zhí ] smooth, level |
| ⇒ 廉直 | [ lián zhí ] upright and honest, incorruptible, squeaky clean |
| ⇒ 弄直 | [ nòng zhí ] to straighten |
| ⇒ 強直性脊柱炎 | [ qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán ] ankylosing spondylitis, Bechterew’s disease |
| ⇒ 徑情直遂 | [ jìng qíng zhí suì ] to achieve one's ambitions (idiom) |
| ⇒ 徑直 | [ jìng zhí ] directly |
| ⇒ 心直口快 | [ xīn zhí koǔ ] frank and outspoken (idiom), straight speaking, to say what one thinks |
| ⇒ 心直嘴快 | [ xīn zhí zuǐ ] frank and outspoken, straight speaking, to say what one thinks |
| ⇒ 急轉直下 | [ jí zhuǎn zhí xià ] to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change |
| ⇒ 意大利直麵 | [ yì dà lì zhí miàn ] spaghetti |
| ⇒ 憨直 | [ hān zhí ] honest and straightforward |
| ⇒ 扯直 | [ chě zhí ] to straighten (by pulling or stretching), to be even (neither side losing out) |
| ⇒ 扶搖直上 | [ fú yaó zhí shàng ] to skyrocket, to get quick promotion in one's career |
| ⇒ 抗直 | [ kàng zhí ] unyielding |
| ⇒ 拙直 | [ zhuō zhí ] simple and frank |
| ⇒ 掰直 | [ baī zhí ] to straighten, (slang) to turn a gay person straight |
| ⇒ 是非曲直 | [ shì feī qū zhí ] lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits, pros and cons |
| ⇒ 曲直 | [ qū zhí ] lit. crooked and straight, fig. right and wrong, good and evil |
| ⇒ 李直夫 | [ lǐ zhí fū ] Li Zhifu (c. 14th century), Yuan dynasty playwright in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] style |
| ⇒ 東直門 | [ dōng zhí mén ] Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing |
| ⇒ 梗直 | [ gěng zhí ] variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2] |
| ⇒ 橫直 | [ héng zhí ] (colloquial) whatever, come what may |
| ⇒ 橫衝直撞 | [ héng chōng zhí zhuàng ] lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping, to barge, to charge around violently |
| ⇒ 正直 | [ zhèng zhí ] upright, upstanding, honest |
| ⇒ 母子垂直感染 | [ mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn ] mother-to-infant transmission |
| ⇒ 照直 | [ zhaò zhí ] directly, straight, straight ahead, straightforward |
| ⇒ 爽直 | [ shuǎng zhí ] straightforward |
| ⇒ 率直 | [ zhí ] frank, straightforward, blunt |
| ⇒ 現場直播 | [ xiàn chǎng zhí bō ] on-the-spot live broadcast |
| ⇒ 理直氣壯 | [ lǐ zhí qì zhuàng ] in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side, to have the courage of one's convictions, just and forceful |
| ⇒ 異面直線 | [ yì miàn zhí xiàn ] (math.) skew lines |
| ⇒ 發直 | [ fā zhí ] to stare, to look blank, to be fixed (of eyes) |
| ⇒ 直來直去 | [ zhí laí zhí qù ] going directly (without detour), (fig.) direct, straightforward (in one's manner or speech) |
| ⇒ 直來直往 | [ zhí laí zhí wǎng ] blunt, outspoken |
| ⇒ 直腸直肚 | [ zhí cháng zhí dù ] frank and outspoken (idiom) |
| ⇒ 省直管縣 | [ shěng zhí guǎn xiàn ] direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform) |
| ⇒ 矯枉過直 | [ wǎng guò zhí ] see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4] |
| ⇒ 矯直 | [ zhí ] to straighten, (fig.) to mend one's ways |
| ⇒ 矯直機 | [ zhí jī ] (manufacturing) straightening machine, straightener |
| ⇒ 秉筆直書 | [ bǐng bǐ zhí shū ] to record faithfully |
| ⇒ 筆直 | [ bǐ zhí ] perfectly straight, straight as a ramrod, bolt upright |
| ⇒ 簡直 | [ jiǎn zhí ] simply, at all, practically |
| ⇒ 紫頰直嘴太陽鳥 | [ zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ taì yáng ] (bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) |
| ⇒ 網絡直徑 | [ wǎng luò zhí jìng ] network diameter |
| ⇒ 纖芯直徑 | [ xiān xīn zhí jìng ] core diameter (of a fiber) |
| ⇒ 耿直 | [ gěng zhí ] honest, frank, candid |
| ⇒ 肛門直腸 | [ gāng mén zhí cháng ] rectum (anatomy) |
| ⇒ 腹直肌 | [ fù zhí jī ] rectus abdominis muscle (aka abdominals or abs) |
| ⇒ 船到橋門自會直 | [ chuán daò mén zì huì zhí ] lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem, no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) |
| ⇒ 船到橋頭自然直 | [ chuán daò toú zì rán zhí ] lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb), fig. everything will be all right |
| ⇒ 菅直人 | [ jiān zhí rén ] KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2010-2011 |
| ⇒ 西直門 | [ xī zhí mén ] Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing, the main northwest gate of Beijing |
| ⇒ 豎直 | [ shù zhí ] vertical, to erect, to set upright, vertical stroke in Chinese characters, young servant (old) |
| ⇒ 質直 | [ zhì zhí ] upright, straightforward |
| ⇒ 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 | [ chē daò shān qián bì yoǔ lù chuán daò toú zì rán zhí ] everything will turn out all right (idiom), let's worry about it when it happens, it will be all right on the night |
| ⇒ 輻射直接效應 | [ fú shè zhí jiē yìng ] direct effect of radiation |
| ⇒ 逕直 | [ jìng zhí ] straight, direct |
| ⇒ 長驅直入 | [ cháng qū zhí rù ] to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom), (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth, to flood in |
| ⇒ 青雲直上 | [ qīng yún zhí shàng ] rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post, meteoric career |
| ⇒ 非直接 | [ feī zhí jiē ] indirect |
| ⇒ 韓彥直 | [ hán yàn zhí ] Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录[ju2 lu4] |
| ⇒ 鯁直 | [ gěng zhí ] variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2] |
