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

• 直指寺 Jikjisa
• 功德直 Guṇaśāla
• 直心 a straightforward mind ; Direct
• 错误不能一直下去(錯誤不能一直下去) You cannot keep being wrong

Also contained in

一直 、 非直接 、 简直 、 直敪 、 直达车 、 直裰 、 腹直肌 、 梗直 、 直到现在 、 船到桥头自然直 、 理直气壮 、 憨直 、 直布罗陀海峡 、 垂直和短距起落飞机 、 母子垂直感染 、 直流 、 直馏 、 直书 、 直捷 、 直立 、 笔直 、 直升机坪 、 掰直 、 直愣愣 、 矫直 、 直积 、 直航 、 韩彦直 、 直线加速器 、 直发 、 直角 、 秉笔直书 、 足利直义 、 直言 、 直连式存储 、 直达 、 直肠 、 直面 、 竖直 、 直线性加速器 、 殿直 、 直道而行 、 直译 、 嘴快心直 、 直幅 、 直率 、 直说法过去

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• Dharma Words - Other 法語 ■其它 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 9
• Buddhism and Translation Studies 佛教與翻譯學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 8
• Inscriptions - 銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 7
• Scroll 3: The Essential Points of Understanding People - Knowing People 卷三 識人之要 知人 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 5 - The Incense of the World 《星雲法語5－人間有花香》 — count: 6
• Japan 日本 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 5
• Hong Kong 香港 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 5
• Shi Poetry - Seven Syllable 詩 ■七言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 5
• Hymns - Seven Syllable 頌 ■七言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 5
• Buddhism and Flower Arranging 佛教與花藝 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 4
• Hsing Yun Diary 21 - Compassion is the Treasure of the Buddha's law: An Ordinary Mind 星雲日記21～慈悲是寶藏 平常心(1993/1/16～1993/1/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 4

Collocations

• 直指 (直指) 就是直指無盡意菩薩 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, The Buddha Replies 釋尊應答 — count: 5
• 友直 (友直) 友直 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, The Wrong Friends 不當的朋友 — count: 4
• 直说 (直說) 本欲直說 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, 9 Enlightenment 第九　宣詔品 經文．註釋 — count: 4
• 直上 (直上) 凌霄直上 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Purification of the mind and doing good works are not distinguished as higher or lower - Part 23 [Lecture] 淨心行善法無高下分第二十三 【講話】 — count: 4
• 直谈 (直談) 直談鈔 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Transmission: 1. Verses on Virtues 流通 一．持地歎德 — count: 3
• 行直 (行直) 行直何用修禪 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Introduction 前言 — count: 3
• 直驶 (直駛) 便直駛九龍 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Hong Kong 香港 — count: 3
• 直饶 (直饒) 直饒熱得人流汗 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》, The Language of Flowers 花　語 — count: 3
• 直昇 (直昇) 然後來了一個美國人駕直昇機來救他 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The ultimate tranquility beyond laksana - Part 14 [Lecture] 四相寂滅起大乘行分第十四 【講話】 — count: 3
• 直教 (直教) 直教吾等懸崖撒手 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, True merit melts karmic obstructions - Part 16 [Lecture] 金剛功德業障冰消分第十六 【講話】 — count: 3