| 直上云霄 | [ zhí shàng yún ] to soar into the sky |
| 直来直去 | [ zhí laí zhí qù ] going directly (without detour), (fig.) direct, straightforward (in one's manner or speech) |
| 直来直往 | [ zhí laí zhí wǎng ] blunt, outspoken |
| 直系军阀 | [ zhí xì jūn fá ] the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords |
| 直到现在 | [ zhí daò xiàn zaì ] even now, until now, right up to the present |
| 直升机 | [ zhí shēng jī ] helicopter, CL:架[jia4] |
| 直升机坪 | [ zhí shēng jī píng ] helipad |
| 直升飞机 | [ zhí shēng feī jī ] see 直升機|直升机[zhi2 sheng1 ji1] |
| 直属 | [ zhí shǔ ] directly subordinate |
| 直布罗陀 | [ zhí bù luó tuó ] Gibraltar |
| 直布罗陀海峡 | [ zhí bù luó tuó haǐ xiá ] Strait of Gibraltar |
| 直径 | [ zhí jìng ] diameter |
| 直情径行 | [ zhí qíng jìng xíng ] straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom) |
| 直截了当 | [ zhí jié dàng ] direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt, straightforward |
| 直捷了当 | [ zhí jié dàng ] variant of 直截了當|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4] |
| 直接了当 | [ zhí jiē dàng ] see 直截了當|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4] |
| 直接数据 | [ zhí jiē shù jù ] data-direct (in LAN emulation) |
| 直接税 | [ zhí jiē shuì ] direct tax |
| 直接竞争 | [ zhí jiē jìng zhēng ] direct competitor, direct competition |
| 直接宾语 | [ zhí jiē bīn yǔ ] direct object (grammar) |
| 直接选举 | [ zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ ] direct election |
| 直捣 | [ zhí daǒ ] to storm, to attack directly |
| 直捣黄龙 | [ zhí daǒ huáng lóng ] lit. to directly attack Huanglong, fig. to directly combat the root of a problem |
| 直方图 | [ zhí fāng tú ] histogram, bar chart |
| 直书 | [ zhí shū ] to record faithfully |
| 直僵 | [ zhí jiāng ] rigid, stiff |
| 直流电 | [ zhí liú diàn ] direct current |
| 直皖战争 | [ zhí wǎn zhàn zhēng ] war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government |
| 直积 | [ zhí jī ] direct product (in set theory) |
| 直笔 | [ zhí bǐ ] a straightforward honest account |
| 直系血亲 | [ zhí xì xuè qìng ] direct descendant, blood relative |
| 直系亲属 | [ zhí xì qīn shǔ ] next of kin, immediate dependant |
| 直线 | [ zhí xiàn ] straight line, sharply (rise or fall) |
| 直线加速器 | [ zhí xiàn jiā sù qì ] linear accelerator |
| 直线性加速器 | [ zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qì ] linear accelerator |
| 直肠 | [ zhí cháng ] rectum (anatomy) |
| 直肠子 | [ zhí cháng zi ] (coll.) forthright person |
| 直肠直肚 | [ zhí cháng zhí dù ] frank and outspoken (idiom) |
| 直肠镜 | [ zhí cháng jìng ] proctoscope (medicine) |
| 直落布兰雅 | [ zhí luò bù lán yǎ ] Telok Blangah, a place in Singapore |
| 直视 | [ zhí shì ] to look straight at |
| 直觉 | [ zhí jué ] intuition |
| 直觉性 | [ zhí jué xìng ] intuitiveness |
| 直观 | [ zhí guān ] direct observation, directly perceived through the senses, intuitive, audiovisual |
| 直角坐标 | [ zhí zuò ] rectangular coordinates |
| 直言不讳 | [ zhí yán bù huì ] to speak bluntly (idiom), not to mince words |
| 直言命题 | [ zhí yán mìng tí ] categorical proposition (logic) |
| 直言无讳 | [ zhí yán wú huì ] to speak one's mind, to speak candidly (idiom) |
| 直话 | [ zhí huà ] straight talk, straightforward words |
| 直谏 | [ zhí jiàn ] to admonish sb frankly, direct criticism |
| 直译 | [ zhí yì ] literal translation |
| 直译器 | [ zhí yì qì ] interpreter (computing) |
| 直辖 | [ zhí xiá ] to govern directly |
| 直辖市 | [ zhí xiá shì ] municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision, province level city, also called directly governed city |
| 直通火车 | [ zhí tōng huǒ chē ] through train |
| 直通车 | [ zhí tōng chē ] "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao) |
| 直达 | [ zhí dá ] to go nonstop to, through (as in "through train"), nonstop |
| 直达车 | [ zhí dá chē ] through train (or bus) |
| 直选 | [ zhí xuǎn ] direct election |
| 直销 | [ zhí ] to sell directly, direct sale (by a factory), direct marketing |
| 直陈 | [ zhí chén ] to say straight out, to point out bluntly, to give a straightforward account, to disclose |
| 直隶 | [ zhí lì ] Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong |
| 直顺 | [ zhí shùn ] straight and smooth (hair etc) |
| 直飞 | [ zhí feī ] to fly directly, direct flight |
| 直馏 | [ zhí liú ] direct distillation |
| 直发 | [ zhí fà ] straight hair |
| 直发器 | [ zhí fà qì ] hair straightener |
| 直发板 | [ zhí fà bǎn ] see 直髮器|直发器[zhi2 fa4 qi4] |
| ⇒ 一直以来 | [ yī zhí yǐ laí ] in the past always, for a long time now, until now |
| ⇒ 中央直辖市 | [ zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì ] municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision, province level city, also called directly governed city |
| ⇒ 以直报怨，以德报德 | [ yǐ zhí baò yuàn yǐ dé baò dé ] to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects) |
| ⇒ 刚直 | [ gāng zhí ] upright and outspoken |
| ⇒ 劲直 | [ jìng zhí ] strong and upright |
| ⇒ 口嫌体正直 | [ koǔ xián tǐ zhèng zhí ] your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) |
| ⇒ 口嫌体直 | [ koǔ xián tǐ zhí ] your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2]) |
| ⇒ 单刀直入 | [ dān daō zhí rù ] to get straight to the point (idiom) |
| ⇒ 垂直和短距起落飞机 | [ chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò feī jī ] vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft |
| ⇒ 垂直线 | [ chuí zhí xiàn ] vertical line |
| ⇒ 垂直起落飞机 | [ chuí zhí qǐ luò feī jī ] vertical takeoff and landing aircraft |
| ⇒ 垂直轴 | [ chuí zhí zhoú ] vertical shaft, (math.) vertical axis |
| ⇒ 外商直接投资 | [ waì shāng zhí jiē toú zī ] overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI) |
| ⇒ 奋起直追 | [ fèn qǐ zhí zhuī ] to catch up vigorously, to set off in hot pursuit |
| ⇒ 定直线 | [ dìng zhí xiàn ] directrix of a parabola |
| ⇒ 强直性脊柱炎 | [ qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán ] ankylosing spondylitis, Bechterew’s disease |
| ⇒ 径情直遂 | [ jìng qíng zhí suì ] to achieve one's ambitions (idiom) |
| ⇒ 径直 | [ jìng zhí ] directly |
| ⇒ 急转直下 | [ jí zhuǎn zhí xià ] to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change |
| ⇒ 意大利直面 | [ yì dà lì zhí miàn ] spaghetti |
| ⇒ 扶摇直上 | [ fú yaó zhí shàng ] to skyrocket, to get quick promotion in one's career |
| ⇒ 东直门 | [ dōng zhí mén ] Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing |
| ⇒ 横直 | [ héng zhí ] (colloquial) whatever, come what may |
| ⇒ 横冲直撞 | [ héng chōng zhí zhuàng ] lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping, to barge, to charge around violently |
| ⇒ 现场直播 | [ xiàn chǎng zhí bō ] on-the-spot live broadcast |
| ⇒ 理直气壮 | [ lǐ zhí qì zhuàng ] in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side, to have the courage of one's convictions, just and forceful |
| ⇒ 异面直线 | [ yì miàn zhí xiàn ] (math.) skew lines |
| ⇒ 发直 | [ fā zhí ] to stare, to look blank, to be fixed (of eyes) |
| ⇒ 直来直去 | [ zhí laí zhí qù ] going directly (without detour), (fig.) direct, straightforward (in one's manner or speech) |
| ⇒ 直来直往 | [ zhí laí zhí wǎng ] blunt, outspoken |
| ⇒ 直肠直肚 | [ zhí cháng zhí dù ] frank and outspoken (idiom) |
| ⇒ 省直管县 | [ shěng zhí guǎn xiàn ] direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform) |
| ⇒ 矫枉过直 | [ wǎng guò zhí ] see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4] |
| ⇒ 矫直 | [ zhí ] to straighten, (fig.) to mend one's ways |
| ⇒ 矫直机 | [ zhí jī ] (manufacturing) straightening machine, straightener |
| ⇒ 秉笔直书 | [ bǐng bǐ zhí shū ] to record faithfully |
| ⇒ 笔直 | [ bǐ zhí ] perfectly straight, straight as a ramrod, bolt upright |
| ⇒ 简直 | [ jiǎn zhí ] simply, at all, practically |
| ⇒ 紫颊直嘴太阳鸟 | [ zǐ jiá zhí zuǐ taì yáng ] (bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) |
| ⇒ 网络直径 | [ wǎng luò zhí jìng ] network diameter |
| ⇒ 纤芯直径 | [ xiān xīn zhí jìng ] core diameter (of a fiber) |
| ⇒ 肛门直肠 | [ gāng mén zhí cháng ] rectum (anatomy) |
| ⇒ 船到桥门自会直 | [ chuán daò mén zì huì zhí ] lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem, no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom) |
| ⇒ 船到桥头自然直 | [ chuán daò toú zì rán zhí ] lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb), fig. everything will be all right |
| ⇒ 西直门 | [ xī zhí mén ] Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing, the main northwest gate of Beijing |
| ⇒ 竖直 | [ shù zhí ] vertical, to erect, to set upright, vertical stroke in Chinese characters, young servant (old) |
| ⇒ 质直 | [ zhì zhí ] upright, straightforward |
| ⇒ 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 | [ chē daò shān qián bì yoǔ lù chuán daò toú zì rán zhí ] everything will turn out all right (idiom), let's worry about it when it happens, it will be all right on the night |
| ⇒ 辐射直接效应 | [ fú shè zhí jiē yìng ] direct effect of radiation |
| ⇒ 迳直 | [ jìng zhí ] straight, direct |
| ⇒ 长驱直入 | [ cháng qū zhí rù ] to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom), (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth, to flood in |
| ⇒ 青云直上 | [ qīng yún zhí shàng ] rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post, meteoric career |
| ⇒ 韩彦直 | [ hán yàn zhí ] Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录[ju2 lu4] |
| ⇒ 鲠直 | [ gěng zhí ] variant of 耿直[geng3 zhi2] |
