汉字笔画vertical stroke in Chinese characters

使笔直straighten

• 直起腰来

  straighten one's back

• 直着嗓子喊

  straighten one's throat to shout out

不弯曲straight

• 马路又平又直。

  The road is level and straight.

垂直;跟横相对vertical

• 把柱子立直

  place the pillars vertically

• 直行的文字

  vertical writing

• 直握球拍选手。

  Penhold grip player.

• 直里有三公尺，横里有两公尺

  three metres in length and two metres in width

公正fair

• 还是我们理直。

  Justice is on our side after all.

参见：直爽[zhíshuǎng];直截[zhíjié]

• 他这个人很直。

  He is a frank person.

• 直认不讳

  own up readily

• 直呼其名

  call somebody by their name

参见：直到[zhídào];直达[zhídá]

不断continuous

• 冷得直哆嗦

  keep shivering from the cold

• 眼睛直冒金星

  keep seeing stars

• 他看着我直笑。

  He kept smiling at me.

简直simply