直 zhí in a sentence
Straight (vertical - frankly - continuously - directly)
直 (zhí) means Straight (vertical - frankly - continuously - directly). Below are 24 of the 106 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
这条线画得很 直 。
Zhè tiáo xiàn huà de hěn zhí.
This line is drawn very straight.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 直
请一 直 走，然后向左拐。
Qǐng yìzhí zǒu, ránhòu xiàng zuǒ guǎi.
Please go straight on, then turn left.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 直
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
他一 直 有上进心。
Tā yìzhí yǒu shàngjìn xīn.
He has always had the drive to improve.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 上进
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
我们一 直 保持联系。
Wǒmen yìzhí bǎochí liánxì.
We have kept in touch all along.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 联系
他的脾气一 直 很好。
Tā de píqi yìzhí hěn hǎo.
He has always had a good temper.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 脾气
他的电话一 直 占线。
Tā de diànhuà yìzhí zhànxiàn.
His line has been busy the whole time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 占线
你可以 直 接跟他说。
Nǐ kěyǐ zhíjiē gēn tā shuō.
You can speak to him directly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 直接
我们 直 接去机场吧。
Wǒmen zhíjiē qù jīchǎng ba.
Let us go straight to the airport.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 直接
他上班一 直 很准时。
Tā shàng bān yìzhí hěn zhǔnshí.
He is always punctual for work.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 准时
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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
我当时非常生气， 直 接把她的微信删了。
wǒ dāngshí fēicháng shēngqì, zhíjiē bǎ tā de / dì wēi xìn shān le / liǎo / liào.
I was furious and deleted her from WeChat there and then.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
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
From the travel phrasebook
直 appears in 106 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 直
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 直
How is 直 used in a sentence?
This page shows 106 sentences using 直 (zhí, "Straight (vertical - frankly - continuously - directly)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 直 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 直 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 直 an HSK word?
Yes — 直 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 直?
The dictionary page for 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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