Direct in Chinese
direct · HSK 4
直接
- 直 straight
- 接 to receive
这两件事没有直接关系。 These two things have no direct connection.
Other ways to say direct
More words with 直 or 接
How do you say direct in Chinese?
Direct in Chinese is 直接 (zhí jiē). You can also say 指导 (zhǐ dǎo), 指挥 (zhǐ huī), 导演 (dǎo yǎn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.