直 zhí

1. zhí adjective straight
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 连站直的劲儿也不再有 '[He] did not have enough strength to stand up straight again.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 22; Guoyu '直' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '直' 1, p. 606; NCCED '直' 1, p. 2095; Unihan '直'; XHZD '直' 1, p. 977)
2. zhí adjective upright; honest; upstanding
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of personal character; in the sense of 不邪曲; as in 正直 (Guoyu '直' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '直' 1b, p. 606; NCCED '直' 4, p. 2095)
3. zhí adjective vertical
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 竖的 (Guoyu '直' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '直' 1a, p. 606; NCCED '直' 3, p. 2095; XHZD '直' 5, p. 977)
4. zhí verb to straighten
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '直' 1a, p. 606; NCCED '直' 2, p. 2095; XHZD '直' 2, p. 977)
5. zhí adjective straightforward; frank
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 坦白; for example, the idiom 心直口快 frank and outspoken (Guoyu '直' adj 4; NCCED '直' 5, p. 2095; XHZD '直' 3, p. 977)
6. zhí adjective stiff; inflexible
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 呆板 (Guoyu '直' adj 5; NCCED '直' 6, p. 2095)
7. zhí adverb only; but; just
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 但 or 只 (Guoyu '直' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '直' 4, p. 606; NCCED '直' 10, p. 2095)
8. zhí adverb unexpectedly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 竟然 (Guoyu '直' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '直' 5, p. 606)
9. zhí adverb continuously; directly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 直达 nonstop (Guoyu '直' adv 3; NCCED '直' 8, p. 2095; XHZD '直' 4, p. 977)
10. zhí verb to undertake; to act as
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抵得上; as a variant of 值 (Guoyu '直' v 1; Kroll 2015 '直' 2a, p. 606; XHZD '直' 7, p. 977)
11. zhí verb to resist; to confront
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 抵擋 (Guoyu '直' v 2; Kroll 2015 '直' 2, p. 606)
12. zhí verb to be on duty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 當班; as a variant of 值 (Guoyu '直' v 3; Kroll 2015 '直' 2a, p. 606)
13. zhí noun reward; remuneration
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 报酬 (Guoyu '直' n 1)
14. zhí noun a vertical stroke
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '直' 7, p. 2095; XHZD '直' 6, p. 977)
15. zhí verb to be worth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 值 (Kroll 2015 '直' 3, p. 606; XHZD '直' 7, p. 977)
16. zhí adverb particularly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '直' 4a, p. 606)
17. zhí verb to make happen; to cause
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '直' 4b, p. 606)
18. zhí proper noun Zhi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: A vertical stroke forming part of a Chinese character (Guoyu '直' n 2)

Contained in

• 功德直 Guṇaśāla
• 直贡噶擧(直貢噶擧) Drikung Kagyu; ’Bri gung bKa’ brgyud
• 回心直进(回心直進) to turn one's directly [towards enlightenment]
• 慈悲能登清净地 智慧直入解脱门(慈悲能登清淨地 智慧直入解脫門) Compassion brings one into the land of purity; Wisdom takes one directly through the gate of liberation.
• 八直行 Noble Eightfold Path; Eightfold Noble Way
• 曲直向前 福慧双全(曲直向前 福慧雙全) Unwavering advancement despite life's twists and turns leads to the attainment of happiness and wisdom
• 直缀(直綴) monk's robe
• 单刀直入(單刀直入) to get straight to the point ; to cut to the chase
• 宝王三昧念佛直指(寶王三昧念佛直指) Bao Wang Sanmei Nian Fo Zhi Zhi
• 直指人心 directly pointing to one's mind

Also contained in

劲直 、 直接竞争 、 直立 、 肛门直肠 、 直角 、 直航 、 直性子 、 直发器 、 直撅撅 、 直根 、 挺直 、 直翅目 、 曲直 、 直言命题 、 韩彦直 、 直辖 、 直臣 、 直男 、 直上云霄 、 垂直和短距起落飞机 、 直播 、 是非曲直 、 平直 、 伸直 、 迳直 、 纤芯直径 、 直面 、 垂直 、 直角器 、 质直 、 国际直通电话 、 直连式储存 、 直角坐标 、 直线性加速器 、 直辖市 、 直接税 、 嘴快心直 、 笔直 、 直到现在 、 直升飞机 、 垂直尾翼

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 20 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 118
• Scroll 1 Sutra on Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva and the Ṛsī ̣Discourses on the Auspicious and Inauspicious Days of the Constellations and Luminous Bodies (Wenshushili Ji Zhu Xian Suo Shuo Jixiong Shi Ri Shan E Su Yao Jing) 文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經 — count: 90
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 77
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 66
• Scroll 29 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 64
• Scroll 19 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 64
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 57
• Scroll 2 Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā (Fo Wei Suo Jia Luo Long Wang Suo Shuo Dasheng Jing) 佛為娑伽羅龍王所說大乘經 — count: 56
• Scroll 2 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 53
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 53

Collocations

• 直见 (直見) 一為直見 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 20
• 直念 (直念) 二為直念 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 16
• 直方便 (直方便) 六為直方便 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 15
• 直定 (直定) 八為直定 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 2 — count: 14
• 直业 (直業) 五為直業 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
• 直语 (直語) 三為直語 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
• 学直 (學直) 不復學直見 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 2 — count: 9
• 名为直 (名為直) 是名為直見 — Sutra on the Four Noble Truths (Si Di Jing) 四諦經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 直事 (直事) 直事沙門即會聖眾 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 姓直 (姓直) 姓直清淨化 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 7