一直 yìzhí▶ เสมอ, ตลอดเวลา

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ทั้งหมด
• 一定แน่นอน, บางอย่าง
• 一样เท่าเทียมกัน
• 一般โดยทั่วไป
• 一边ด้านหนึ่ง
• 一会儿ชั่วขณะ; สักครู่

一直 is pronounced yìzhí and means “เสมอ, ตลอดเวลา”. 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.