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直接

zhíjiē

directly; straight

A person walking toward a door
Memory picture

Characters in this word

直 zhí

Strokes
8
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
十 ten, tenth 目 eye 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

接 jiē

Strokes
11
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 妾 concubine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 直接去学校。 Zhíjiē qù xuéxiào. Go straight to school.
  • 你直接说吧。 Nǐ zhíjiē shuō ba. Just say it directly.
  • 我直接回家。 Wǒ zhíjiē huí jiā. I go straight home.

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