一直 (yìzhí) means Continuously (always - all along). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 一直 在等你。
Tā yìzhí zài děng nǐ.
He has been waiting for you all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 一直
一直 往前走就到了。
Yìzhí wǎng qián zǒu jiù dào le.
Keep going straight ahead and you'll be there.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 一直
这条路 一直 往西，就到黄河了。
Zhè tiáo lù yìzhí wǎng xī, jiù dào Huánghé le.
Follow this road west and you reach the Yellow River.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 黄河
From the graded readers
她的脸都红了， 一直 在喘气。
tā de / dì liǎn dōu hóng le / liǎo / liào, yìzhí zài chuǎn qì.
Her face was red and she was breathing hard.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
有一个旧箱子，我 一直 没打开。
yǒu yīgè jiù xiāngzi, wǒ yìzhí méi dǎkāi.
There was one old box I kept not opening.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
车站里人很多，广播 一直 在响。
chēzhàn lǐ rén hěnduō, guǎngbō yìzhí zài xiǎng.
The station was crowded and the announcements kept coming.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
轮到我的时候，我的手 一直 在抖。
lún dào wǒ de(possessive) shíhou, wǒ de(possessive) shǒu yìzhí zài dǒu.
When my turn came, my hands wouldn't stop shaking.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
那天晚上，她 一直 把照片放在手边。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, tā yìzhí bǎ zhàopiàn fàng zài shǒu biān.
That evening she kept the photograph beside her.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我在同一条街上走了三遍，才发现自己 一直 在转圈。
wǒ zài tóngyī tiáo jiēshàng zǒule sān biàn, cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí zài zhuǎn / zhuàn juān.
I'd walked down the same street three times before I realised I was going in circles.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
那一刻我明白了，其实我 一直 都可以，只是不相信自己。
nà / nèi yīkè wǒ míngbaile, qíshí wǒ yìzhí dōu kěyǐ, zhǐshì bù xiāngxìn zìjǐ.
In that moment I understood that I'd always been able to — I just hadn't believed it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
他说：“很远，你 一直 往前走，到第二个路口往左拐。”
tā shuō:" hěn yuǎn, nǐ yìzhí wǎng / wàng qián zǒu, dào dì'èr gè lù kǒu wǎng / wàng zuǒ guǎi."
He said, "It's a long way. Go straight on and turn left at the second junction."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
看着火车开走的时候，我才发现自己 一直 没说“再见”。
kànzhe huǒchē kāi zǒu de / dì shíhou, wǒ cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí méi shuō" zàijiàn".
Watching the train pull out, I realised I'd never actually said goodbye.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
那天晚上我找到了火车站。可是我 一直 记得的，是那个红薯。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang wǒ zhǎodàole huǒchēzhàn. kěshì wǒ yìzhí jìde de / dì, shì nèigè hóngshǔ.
I found the station that night. But what I've remembered ever since is the sweet potato.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
Questions about 一直
How is 一直 used in a sentence?
This page shows 13 sentences using 一直 (yìzhí, "Continuously (always - all along)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 一直 an HSK word?
Yes — 一直 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
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The dictionary page for 一直 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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