Chinese symbol for “straighten”
伸直
shēn zhí
to straighten; to stretch out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for straighten is 伸直 (shēn zhí), defined as: to straighten; to stretch out.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “straighten”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 直 | zhí | straight; to straighten |
| 弄直 | nòng zhí | to straighten |
| 矫直 (矯直) | jiǎo zhí | to straighten; (fig.) to mend one's ways |
| 矫正 (矯正) | jiǎo zhèng | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 伸直.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
| 伸出 | shēn chū | to extend |
| 伸手 | shēn shǒu | to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand |
| 伸展 | shēn zhǎn | stretching; extension |
| 伸缩 (伸縮) | shēn suō | to lengthen and shorten; flexible |
| 伸张 (伸張) | shēn zhāng | to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | directly; direct |
See also: Japanese symbol for “straighten”.
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.