直
zhí HSK2

straight

直 zhí
continuously adverb
continuously; non-stop; all along

你的心在砰砰直跳。

nǐ de xīn zài pēng​pēng zhí tiào.

Your heart is pounding.

他把口袋里的钥匙弄得哗啦直响。

tā bǎ kǒu​dai li de yào​shi nòng de huā​lā zhí xiǎng.

He jingled the keys in his pocket.

directly adverb
directly; straight; without detour or intermediary

如果你写的是一封商业或者其他正式信件，那就直入主题。

rú​guǒ nǐ xiě de shì yī fēng shāng​yè huò​zhě qí​tā zhèng​shì xìn​jiàn, nà jiù zhí rù zhǔ​tí.

If you're writing a business or other formal letter, get straight to the point.

直走，左或右，上或下，没有对或错。

zhí zǒu, zuǒ huò yòu, shàng huò xià, méi​yǒu duì huò cuò.

Straight ahead, left or right, up or down, there's no right or wrong.

straight adjective
straight; vertical; not curved; as an antonym to 弯 wān

他的头发是直的。

tā de tóu​fa shì zhí de.

His hair is straight.

simply adverb
simply; truly; just; used for emphasis (equivalent to 简直 jiǎn​zhí)
to straighten particleadjective
to make something straight; to straighten up or stiffen

她再次坐直了。

tā zài​cì zuò zhí le.

She sat straight again.

当你吃东西时坐直。

dāng nǐ chī dōng​xi shí zuò zhí.

Sit up straight when you eat.

honest adjectivenoun
just; righteous; honest; frank or forthright in character
vertical stroke
a vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters, known as 竖 shù
stiff
stiff; numb; frozen in place
Zhi
(proper noun) a Chinese surname
only
(literary) only; merely; just
to be worth
(archaic) to be worth; to cost; variant of 值 zhí
even
(literary) unexpectedly; even; to the point that (equivalent to 竟然 jìng​rán)
to be on duty
(literary) to be on duty; to take one's turn on watch; variant of 值 zhí

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)