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Chinese symbol for “inline”

直列
zhí liè
(of a connector etc) inline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inline is 直列 (zhí liè), defined as: (of a connector etc) inline.

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Characters and stroke order

直 zhí
straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
radical 109 ⽬ · 8 strokes
列 liè
a line; to arrange, to classify
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “inline”

WordPinyinMeaning
直插式zhí chā shì(of a connector etc) inline
内联 (內聯)nèi lián(computing) inline

Related words

Other words that share a character with 直列.

WordPinyinMeaning
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
直到zhí dàountil
直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
简直 (簡直)jiǎn zhísimply; really
直升机 (直升機)zhí shēng jīhelicopter; measure word: 架 (jià)
系列xì lièseries; set
一系列yī xì lièa series of; a string of

See also: Japanese symbol for “inline”.

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.