直
zhíZhí HSK2

straight

直 zhí frequency
continuously adverb
indicating continuing motion, direct action, or proceeding without interruption

这辆车直往南开去。

zhè liàng chē zhí wǎng nán kāi qù.

This car is driving straight south.

straightforward adjective
honest, frank, or fair and reasonable in character and behavior

他这个人说话很直。

tā zhè gè rén shuō​huà hěn zhí.

He is a very straightforward person.

straight adjective
in a straight line, vertical, or a vertical downward stroke in a Chinese character

他画了一条很直的线。

tā huà le yī tiáo hěn zhí de xiàn.

He drew a very straight line.

straighten verb
to make something straight or to stand upright

他直起腰来休息了一下。

tā zhí qǐ yāo lái xiū​xi le yī​xià.

He straightened his back and took a break.

直 Zhí
Zhi proper name
surname Zhi

直先生是一位很有名望的学者。

Zhí xiān​sheng shì yī wèi hěn yǒu míng​wàng de xué​zhě.

Mr. Zhi is a very prestigious scholar.

Frequency
Character
Written text
255th most common 875.6 per million
Movie subtitles
178th most common 985.5 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
52.5 per million appears in 17% of films
Written text
102.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+76F4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)