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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhí - surname Zhi
- Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God
zhí - straight
- to straighten
- fair and reasonable
- frank
- straightforward
- (indicates continuing motion or action)
- vertical
- vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 1,552 1,291 1,275

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To look someone in the eye 目

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一直 3 2 176 232 184
直到 - 3 662 1,925 2,077
简直 5 3 665 2,930 1,644
直接 4 2 723 457 663
5 3 1,552 1,291 1,275
直升机 - 6 2,532 6,788 14,108
直播 6 3 2,679 4,070 2,170
直觉 - 7 3,059 11,518 7,670
正直 - 7 5,476 16,046 9,956
直言 - - 7,378 15,635 20,825
直线 - 5 8,023 8,182 10,054
直升飞机 - - 8,216 25,939 32,403
直至 - 7 8,766 5,746 8,871
直奔 - 8 10,105 12,186 13,922
直视 - 8 11,480 17,415 10,857
直面 - - 11,550 18,784 13,740
径直 - - 11,957 17,339 27,974
垂直 6 - 13,147 7,920 13,375
直截了当 - - 14,061 29,545 47,549
直达 - 8 14,467 14,089 13,562
勇往直前 - 8 14,816 22,415 16,178
直径 - 8 14,909 5,897 14,673
伸直 - - 15,941 20,033 10,307
笔直 - - 16,123 21,511 22,407
挺直 - - 17,977 26,027 17,848
直率 - - 18,255 28,126 23,593
直肠 - - 19,417 17,239 47,110
直立 - - 19,947 22,140 19,402
直通 - - 20,521 - -
直白 - - 20,534 23,636 13,867
横冲直撞 - - 21,207 39,162 29,855
直译 - - 22,622 49,264 38,143
直系亲属 - - 23,454 27,319 47,377
直话 - - 24,253 - -
急转直下 - - 24,580 44,531 55,723
直布罗陀 - - 25,584 79,668 101,013
直流 - - 27,516 15,188 14,851
直言不讳 - - 27,642 26,197 42,601
僵直 - - 27,659 49,113 51,988
直角 - - 28,888 40,229 36,584
直观 - 9 32,346 11,050 18,328
直系 - - 32,381 44,519 28,962
直勾勾 - - 32,747 52,572 45,063
直爽 - - 36,018 35,145 20,624
直属 - - 36,046 11,258 26,933
率直 - - 36,323 43,165 34,032
长驱直入 - - 36,915 48,374 71,806
直销 - - 37,468 8,675 9,455
照直 - - 39,131 - 81,876
单刀直入 - - 39,565 62,987 76,354
扶摇直上 - - 40,184 50,785 60,404
直来直去 - - 41,220 52,053 28,852
直尺 - - 41,287 85,171 70,370
心直口快 - - 42,782 56,292 37,782
直肠子 - - 45,870 76,276 37,692
奋起直追 - - 46,201 46,503 61,610
直航 - - 46,623 19,797 49,337
是非曲直 - - 47,877 63,512 51,642
青云直上 - - 50,242 96,389 88,115
一往直前 - - 50,865 101,420 56,663
直流电 - - 52,035 50,734 91,365
理直气壮 6 9 56,315 18,591 14,592
垂直线 - - 60,554 91,071 62,383
耿直 - 9 61,871 41,753 30,284
直愣愣 - - 64,335 81,355 81,808
直达车 - - 66,096 84,608 49,137
直翅目 - - 79,063 - -
直男 - - 81,030 - -
曲直 - - 85,839 75,099 71,337
直飞 - - 87,500 - -
直捷 - - 88,079 - -
直笛 - - 88,321 - -
爽直 - - 89,181 76,935 80,216
直辖市 - - 94,004 10,080 33,291