一直 yìzhí▶ siempre

Stroke order

一直 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 一 — 1 stroke
• 直 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. straight (in a straight line)
2. continuously; always; all the way through

Example sentences

• 他一直在等你。Tā yìzhí zài děng nǐ.He has been waiting for you all along.
• 一直走就到了。Yìzhí zǒu jiù dào le.Keep going straight and you will arrive.

Related words

• 一共Completamente
• 一定Cierto, seguro
• 一样igualmente
• 一般comúnmente
• 一边Un lado
• 一会儿un rato

一直 is pronounced yìzhí and means “siempre”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 一直 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.