一直
Chinese
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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simp. and trad. (一直) | 一 | 直 |
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.]
- Wǒ yīzhí hěn tóutòng zhè ge shì. [Pinyin]
- I have long been annoyed with this.
我一直很头痛这个事。 [MSC, simp.]- 她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
- Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]
- She has always yearned for pure love.
她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]- 我一直待在北京,沒出過國。 [MSC, trad.]
- Wǒ yīzhí dāi zài Běijīng, méi chū guò guó. [Pinyin]
- I stayed in Beijing the entire time, and never left the country.
我一直待在北京,没出过国。 [MSC, simp.]
- used to denote an all-encompassing scope
- 從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]
- Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]
- Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.
从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- (all along):
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Synonyms of 一直
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Dialectal synonyms of 一直 (“continuously; constantly”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一直 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 一直 |
Malaysia | 一直 | |
Singapore | 一直 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲 |
Hong Kong | 一直, 一路, 不嬲 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 一直 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 一直 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 直直 |
Quanzhou | 直直 | |
Zhangzhou | 直直 | |
Tainan | 直直, 一直 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 直直 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 直直, 惦惦 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 直直 | |
Raoping | 惦惦 | |
Shantou | 一直 | |
Jieyang | 惦, 惦惦 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 惦惦 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Descendants
- → Zhuang: itcig
Further reading
- “Entry #21”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.