Chinese symbol for “directly”
直接
zhí jiē
directly; direct
The closest CC-CEDICT match for directly is 直接 (zhí jiē), defined as: directly; direct.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “directly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迎面 | yíng miàn | directly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face |
| 径直 (徑直) | jìng zhí | directly |
| 迎面而来 (迎面而來) | yíng miàn ér lái | directly; head-on (collision) |
| 照直 | zhào zhí | directly; straight |
| 一头 (一頭) | yī tóu | one head; a head full of sth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 直接.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast |
| 简直 (簡直) | jiǎn zhí | simply; really |
| 直升机 (直升機) | zhí shēng jī | helicopter; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 链接 (鏈接) | liàn jiē | to link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink |
| 接触 (接觸) | jiē chù | to touch; to contact |
See also: Japanese symbol for “directly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.