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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright |
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Pronunciation
Adverb
一直
- straight; straight ahead
- 一直向北走。 ― Yīzhí xiàng běi zǒu. ― Keep going north.
- all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time
我一直很頭痛這個事。 [MSC, trad.]
我一直很头痛这个事。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ yīzhí hěn tóutòng zhè ge shì.
- I have long been annoyed with this.
她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng.
- She has always yearned for pure love.
我一直待在北京，沒出過國。 [MSC, trad.]
我一直待在北京，没出过国。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ yīzhí dāi zài Běijīng, méi chū guò guó.
- I stayed in Beijing the entire time, and never left the country.
- used to denote an all-encompassing scope
從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]
从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]- Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ.
- Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.
Synonyms
- 一向 (yīxiàng)
- 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
- 一路 (yīlù)
- 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
- 不嬲 (Cantonese)
- 取總／取总 (qü3 zong3) (Sichuanese)
- 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
- 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
- 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
- 從來／从来 (cónglái)
- 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
- 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
- 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
- 直直 (Hokkien)
- 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
- 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
- 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
- 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
Dialectal synonyms of
一直 (“continuously; constantly”)
Descendants
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