"Direct" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 直接 | zhí jiē | direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward |   |
| 指导 | zhǐ dǎo | to guide / to give directions / to direct / to coach / guidance / tuition / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 导演 | dǎo yǎn | to direct / director (film etc) | |
| 指挥 | zhǐ huī | to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 主导 | zhǔ dǎo | leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate | |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open | |
| 执导 | zhí dǎo | to direct (a film, play etc) | |
| 切身 | qiè shēn | direct / concerning oneself / personal | |
| 督导 | dū dǎo | to direct / to oversee | |
| 统率 | tǒng shuài | to command / to direct | |
| 导 |  dǎo | to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct | |
| 董 | dǒng | to supervise / to direct / director | |
| 迳 | jìng | way / path / direct / diameter | |
| 直来直去 | zhí lái zhí qù | going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech) | |
| 迳直 | jìng zhí | straight / direct | |
| 指授 | zhǐ shòu | to instruct / to direct | |
| 㧑 | huī | to split / to direct / to brandish / humble | |
| 浅露 | qiǎn lù | blunt / direct (i.e. not tactful) | |
| 主持 | zhǔ chí | to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor | |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding | |
| 直销 | zhí xiāo | to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing | |
| 遥控 | yáo kòng | to direct operations from a remote location / to remotely control | |
| 直流 | zhí liú | to flow steadily / direct current (DC) | |
| 直观 | zhí guān | direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual | |
| 外企 | wài qǐ | foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 | |
| 编导 | biān dǎo | to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director | |
| 直飞 | zhí fēi | to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) | |
| 直截了当 | zhí jié liǎo dàng | direct and plainspoken (idiom) / blunt / straightforward | |
| 干脆 | gān cuì | candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well | |
| 直航 | zhí háng | to fly or sail direct (to ...) | |
| 整流 | zhěng liú | to rectify (alternating current to direct current) | |
| 直选 | zhí xuǎn | direct election | |
| 直流电 | zhí liú diàn | direct current | |
| 嫡系 | dí xì | direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine | |
| 整流器 | zhěng liú qì | rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) | |
| 把 | bǎ | to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful | |
| 治军 | zhì jūn | running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops | |
| 嫡传 | dí chuán | handed down in a direct line from the founder | |
| 导播 | dǎo bō | to direct a television or radio broadcast / director (TV, radio) | |
| 直接选举 | zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ | direct election | |
| 正比 | zhèng bǐ | direct ratio / directly proportional | |
| 面授机宜 | miàn shòu jī yí | to give direct instructions on the way to deal with a matter / to brief personally (idiom) | |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | |
| 诤友 | zhèng yǒu | a friend capable of direct admonition | |
| 正比例 | zhēng bǐ lì | direct proportionality | |
| 正比例 | zhèng bǐ lì | direct proportionality | |
| 督 | dū | to supervise and direct / army title (archaic) | |
| 干脆利落 | gān cuì lì luo | (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around | |
| 授受不亲 | shòu shòu bù qīn | (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women | |
| 恶语伤人 | è yǔ shāng rén | to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off | |
| 辐射直接效应 | fú shè zhí jiē xiào yìng | direct effect of radiation | |
| 直接竞争 | zhí jiē jìng zhēng | direct competitor / direct competition | |
| 直接影响 | zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng | direct influence / immediate impact | |
| 直接税 | zhí jiē shuì | direct tax | |
| 一手交钱，一手交货 | yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò | lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction | |
| 外商直接投资 | wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zī | overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI) | |
| 孔门 | Kǒng mén | Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples) | |
| 恶言伤人 | è yán shāng rén | to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off | |
| 直感 | zhí gǎn | intuition / direct feeling or understanding | |
| 直接宾语 | zhí jiē bīn yǔ | direct object (grammar) | |
| 直积 | zhí jī | direct product (in set theory) | |
| 直系祖先 | zhí xì zǔ xiān | direct ancestor | |
| 直系血亲 | zhí xì xuè qìng | direct descendant / blood relative | |
| 直谏 | zhí jiàn | to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism | |
| 直馏 | zhí liú | direct distillation | |
| 省直管县 | shěng zhí guǎn xiàn | direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform) | |
| 转写 | zhuǎn xiě | to transliterate / to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal) | |
| 青眼 | qīng yǎn | lit. (to look) with a direct gaze / fig. respect / favor | |
| 直接民主 | zhí jiē mín zhǔ | direct democracy | |
| 直接记录电子投票系统 | direct recording electronic voting system / DRE voting system | | |
| 直接甲醇燃料电池 | zhí jiē jiǎ chún rán liào diàn chí | direct methanol fuel cell | |
| 正问题 | direct problem / forward problem / normal problem | | |
| 直接播种 | direct seeding | | |
| 扩充服务业外国直接投资与贸易 | Expansion of foreign direct investment and trade in services | | |
| 可直接使用材料 | kě zhí jiē shǐ yòng cái liào | direct use material | |
| 买卖指令自动输入系统 | mǎi mài zhǐ lìng zì dòng shū rù xì tǒng | Direct Order Turnaround system | |
| 直接邮寄资金筹措特设工作组 | Ad hoc Working Group on Direct Mail Fund-Raising | | |
| 顺行轨道 | direct orbit | | |
| 直接计数 | direct count | | |
| 正爆破 | direct shot | | |
| 直接摊款 | zhí jiē tān kuǎn | direct assessment | |
| 外国直接投资企业 | wài guó zhí jiē tóu zī qǐ yè | foreign direct investment enterprise | |
| 欧洲直接信息存取网络 | Direct Information Access Network for Europe | | |
| 直接使用价值 | direct use value | | |
| 亚洲外国直接私人投资方案 | yà zhōu wài guó zhí jiē sī rén tóu zī fāng àn | Asian Foreign Direct Private Investment Programme | |
| 直接行动最高限额 | Direct Action Ceiling | | |
| 直接退款 | zhí jiē tuì kuǎn | direct refund | |
| 直接申诉股 | zhí jiē shēn sù gǔ | Direct Appeals Unit | |
| 直接援助 | zhí jiē yuán zhù | direct assistance | |
| 外国直接投资详细基准定义 | wài guó zhí jiē tóu zī xiáng xì jī zhǔn dìng yì | OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment | |
| 直接广播卫星工作组 | zhí jiē guǎng bō wèi xīng gōng zuò zǔ | Working Group on Direct Broadcasting Satellites | |
| 直接广播卫星 | zhí jiē guǎng bō wèi xīng | direct broadcasting satellite | |
| 直接支援 | zhí jiē zhī yuán | direct support | |
| 直接支助 | zhí jiē zhī zhù | direct support | |
| 外国直接投资 | wài guó zhí jiē tóu zī | foreign direct investment | |
| 直接排入地下水 | direct discharge to groundwater | | |
| 办公室主任办公室- 办公室主任直属办公室 | Office of the Chief of Staff &ndash / Direct Office of the Chief of Staff | | |
| 外国直接投资待遇问题指导方针 | Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment | | |
| 直接和重要军事支援设施 | direct and essential military support facilities | | |
| 直接探测传输 | Direct Sounding Transmission | |
