"To straighten" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 直 |  zhí | straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |   |
| 矫正 | jiǎo zhèng | to correct / to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) / to cure / rectification / correction / to straighten | |
| 伸直 | shēn zhí | to straighten / to stretch out | |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to | |
| 弄直 | nòng zhí | to straighten | |
| 掰直 | bāi zhí | to straighten / (slang) to turn a gay person straight | |
| 扯直 | chě zhí | to straighten (by pulling or stretching) / to be even (neither side losing out) | |
| 矫直 | jiǎo zhí | to straighten / (fig.) to mend one's ways | |
