Meaning
continuously; always; from the beginning of ... up to ...; all along
Pronunciation
Tone marks: ►yì zhí
Tone numbers: yi4 zhi2
Chinese Characters
Traditional: 一直
Simplified: 一直
First Character: 一 (yì) – one; 1; single; a(n); (before verbs) "no sooner did verb happen than..."; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
Second Character: 直 (zhí) – straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
Examples of Yì Zhí
Audio files are marked with ►
►Wǒ yìzhí dōu zài zhèlǐ.
我一直都在這裡｡
我一直都在这里｡
I was here the whole time.
►Yìzhí wǎng qián zǒu jiù kàn dédào huǒchēzhàn.
一直往前走就看得到火車站｡
一直往前走就看得到火车站｡
Go straight and you will see the train station.