Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zhí
- Zhí
English
- straight, erect, vertical
- surname Zhi
- straight
- (slang) (figurative) dead
- 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
- to straighten
- fair and reasonable
- frank
- straightforward
- (indicates continuing motion or action)
- vertical
- vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- straight; not curved or bent
- straightly; directly
- direct; straightforward
- vertically
- (sexual orientation)straight, i.e. not gay
- in straight direction
粵語
- 兩點最近距離形成嘅形狀；淨係向一個方向推進
- 直接
- 坦率、直接，唔會轉彎抹角
- 上下方向；豎
- 異性戀
- 以向前嘅方向進行
As a component in · 54
Words containing 直
- 簡直gaan2 zik6
simply; really
- 直覺zik6 gok3
intuition
- 一直jat1 zik6
straight (in a straight line)
- 直接zik6 zip3
direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1])
- 直到zik6 dou3
until
- 直昇機zik6 sing1 gei1
variant of 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1]
- 直播zik6 bo3
(TV, radio) to broadcast live
- 直至zik6 zi3
lasting until
- 直徑zik6 ging3
diameter
- 直屬zik6 suk6
directly subordinate
- 直線zik6 sin3
straight line
- 垂直seoi4 zik6
perpendicular; vertical
- 正直zing3 zik6
upright
- 直達zik6 daat6
to reach (a place) directly
- 直言zik6 jin4
to speak forthrightly
- 直通車zik6 tung1 ce1
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
- 死直sei2 zik6
(verb) die for dignity or reputation
- 直隸zik6 dai6
Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei
- 直頭zik6 tau4
(adv.) altogether (to do something outright), (e.g. 佢唔單止訓得少, 有時直頭唔訓 He doesn't sleep much, sometimes he skips sleeping altogether); definitely; absolutely; totally; completely; directly; undoubtedly; unquestionably; literally
- 直通zik6 tung1
to lead directly to
- 直情zik6 cing4
it's; really (spoken)
- 照直ziu3 zik6
directly
- 率直seot1 zik6
frank
- 直譯zik6 jik6
literal translation