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  • 1

    adv.(indicate one direction) straight; straight forward

    • yī zhí zǒu bù guǎi wān

      一直拐弯

      Go straight ahead. Don't turn.

    • yī zhí wǎng xī jiù dào le

      一直西

      Go straight west, and you'll get there.

    • nǐ yī zhí zǒu dào lù kǒu jiù néng kàn dào nà jiā yī yuàn le

      一直路口医院

      Go straight to the corner and you will see the hospital.

    • yī zhí qián jìn

      一直前进

      go right on

  • 2

    adv.(indicate an uninterrupted action or a constant state) always; constantly; continuously

    • tā gàn huó r yī zhí hěn mài lì

      干活儿一直卖力

      She has been working very hard.

    • yī zhí dào xiàn zài wèn tí réng wèi jiě jué

      一直现在问题解决

      The problem continues to remain unsolved.

    • tā yī zhí děng dào wǒ lái

      一直

      She waited the whole time for me to arrive.

    • yǔ yī zhí xià le yī tiān yī yè

      一直

      It had been raining for one day and one night.

  • 3

    adv.(refer to the given limits) all the way

    • cóng zǎo chen yī zhí dào wǎn shang

      早晨一直晚上

      from morning all the way until evening

    • rén qún bǎ tā yī zhí jǐ dào dà mén qián

      人群一直大门

      The crowd pushed against her all the way to the main gate.

    • tā de yī xí huà shǐ wǒ cóng xīn wō yī zhí rè dào quán shēn

      使心窝一直全身

      What she said made me feel warm all over.

    • wǒ yī zhí pǎo huí jiā

      一直

      I ran all the way home.

Word usage

  • Note
    "一直" is different from "始终". "始终" is used to emphasize from start to finish, and "一直" is used to emphasize uninterrupted.