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 | 直 | | zhí | 形动名副 | | 1 straight (opp.  弯，曲1): | | | 把铁丝拉直 straighten a piece of wire | | | 街道又宽又直。 The streets are wide and straight. |
| 2 vertical; perpendicular (opp. 横): | | | 直行的文字 characters written in vertical lines | | | 这屋子直里有六米，横里有三米。 The room is 6 metres in length and 3 in width. |
| 3 just; upright 正直 |
| 4 frank; straightforward: | | | 直认不讳 admit frankly; own up readily | | | 我就直说了。 I'll speak very frankly. |
| 5 stiff; numb: | | | 天太冷，手指都冻直了。 It was so cold my fingers were frozen stiff. |
| II 动 straighten: | | | 直起腰来 straighten one's back; stand up straight |
| III 名 vertical stroke (in Chinese characters) |
| 1 directly; straight: | | | (一)直走 go straight ahead | | | 直飞北京 fly nonstop to Beijing | | | 直通港口 lead directly to the harbour | | | 直奔火车站 head straight for the railway station |
| 2 continuously: | | | 新井直往外喷油。 Oil gushed from the new well. | | | 他冻得直哆嗦。 He kept shivering from cold. | | | 这个故事逗得她直乐。 The story made her laugh. |
| 3 just; simply: | | | 待他直如兄弟 treat him just like a brother | | | 疼得直像针扎一样 feel a piercing pain |
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