Chinese dictionary
- 1
adv.directly; straight
他直视着我。
He looks straight at me.
你直走就到了。
You go straight ahead and you'll arrive there.
我像树叶似的直哆嗦。
I was shaking like a leaf.
- 2
adj.straight
笔直
very straight
他直挺地站着。
He stands straight and stiff.
她又长又直的头发很漂亮。
His long, straight hair is so beautiful.
- 3
adj.vertical; perpendicular
直靠背椅很舒服。
The straight chair is comfortable.
竖直
erect
这个大厅直里有15米,横里有8米。
The hall is 15 metres in length and 8 in width.
- 4
adv.simply; indeed
我疼得直像针扎。
I feel a simly piercing pain.
冷得直像掉进冰窟窿一样。
I feel so cold that I think I'm indeed in a ice hole.
她笑得直像个天真的孩子。
She smiles simply like an innocent kid.
- 5
v.straighten
直起你的腿。
Stretch your legs.
他直起腰来。
He straightens his back.
我累得直不起腰来。
I am too tired to straighten my back.
antonym
- 6
adj.just; upright
正直
fair and honest
- 7
adj.frank; straight forward; candid
憨直
honest and straightforward
直认不讳
own up readily
直性子
straightforward
- 8
n.vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
汉字书写中”直“这一笔一定要写好。
The "straight" stroke in Chinese character writing must be written well.
- 9
adv.continuously
他直说个没完。
He talks on and on.
好久没见,我们直聊个没完。
We have a continuous talk since we have not seen each other for a long time.
那小孩直哭。
That kid keeps crying.
Words and phrases with 直
- 直邮[word]direct mail
- 直立[word]stand upright
- 直爽[word]forthright
- 直至[word]until
- 直选[word]vote directly for the representatives or leaders without a second election
- 直视[word]look straight at; confront
- 直属[word]be directly subordinate to; under the jurisdiction
- 直肠[word]rectum
- 直率[word]candid
- 直截了当[idiom]flat and plain
- 直言无隐[idiom]free-spoken
- 直认不讳[idiom]acknowledge openly
- 直言不讳[idiom]be outspoken in one's remarks
- 直肠直肚[idiom]straightforward
- 直眉瞪眼[idiom]fume; stare blankly
- 直来直去[idiom]go nonstop to and back; blunt
- 直抒己见[idiom]state one's views frankly
- 直道而行[idiom]follow the straight path