Chinese symbol for “perpendicular”
垂直
chuí zhí
perpendicular; vertical
The closest CC-CEDICT match for perpendicular is 垂直 (chuí zhí), defined as: perpendicular; vertical.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “perpendicular”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 垂直.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下垂 | xià chuí | to droop; to sag |
| 垂死 | chuí sǐ | dying |
| 垂青 | chuí qīng | to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor |
| 垂钓 (垂釣) | chuí diào | angling |
| 垂涎 | chuí xián | to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
See also: Japanese symbol for “perpendicular”.
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.