直

zhí

adjective HSK 3 #1,552

Meanings

Contains 目 (eye) with a vertical line — looking straight ahead with the eye.

Zhè tiáo lù hěn zhí.

This road is very straight.

Tā shuōhuà hěn zhí.

He speaks very frankly.

Wǒ zhí zǒu dào lùkǒu.

I walked straight to the intersection.

grammar

直 as an adverb means 'continuously/straight': 一直 (yīzhí, 'all along'), 直到 (zhídào, 'until'), 直接 (zhíjiē, 'directly').

usage

直男 (zhínán) literally 'straight man' — internet slang for a man who is oblivious to romance or social cues.

直 zhí