垂 chuí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
垂直
chuízhí
to be vertical
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这条线必须与地面保持垂直，否则测量结果会出现偏差。 Zhè tiáo xiàn bìxū yǔ dìmiàn bǎochí chuízhí, fǒuzé cèliáng jiéguǒ huì chūxiàn piānchā. This line must remain vertical to the ground; otherwise, the measurement results will deviate.
- 旗杆笔直地插在地上，和地面垂直。 Qígān bǐzhí de chā zài dìshàng, hé dìmiàn chuízhí. The flagpole stands straight in the ground, perpendicular to the surface.
- 火箭几乎垂直地冲向天空。 Huǒjiàn jīhū chuízhí de chōng xiàng tiānkōng. The rocket shot almost vertically into the sky.
Related words
- 垂 chuí to hang down; to droop
- 垂头丧气 chuítóusàngqì downcast; dejected; crestfallen
- 一直 yìzhí all the time; continuously
- 直接 zhíjiē directly; straight
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 直 zhí straight
- 直播 zhíbō live broadcast
- 直到 zhídào until
- 直线 zhíxiàn straight line
- 耿直 gěngzhí upright and frank; straightforward
- 径直 jìngzhí straight; directly
- 理直气壮 lǐzhíqìzhuàng to be confident and forceful because one is in the right