STRAIGHT  筆直直

ALONG the LINE of PERFECTLY SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.
UNSWERVINGUNDEVIATINGLINEARAS STRAIGHT AS AN ARROWUNCURVINGUNBENDING
Antonym
  • CURVEDSHAPE that is NOT STRAIGHT.
    Hypernym
    • LINESHAPE WHICH HAS LENGTH BUT LACKS OR HAS INTENSELY LITTLE BREADTH.
      • SHAPEAPPEARANCE of the PLACE something is in, as PERCEIVED by the EYES, DISREGARDING the SUBJECTIVITY of the APPEARANCE.
        • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for something concrete or abstract being straight in any abstract or concrete way is zhí 直 (ant. wān 彎 "bent")

    2. Zhèng 正 (ant. qǔ 曲 "bent") refers to straightness as the desirable state of something.

    3. Duān 端 (ant. xié 斜 "slanted") and zhēn 貞 (ant. xié 邪 "morally warped") refer to straightness and non-crookedness, often as a property of abstract things.

    4. Gěng 鯁 (ant. qū 屈 "bent") is a rare word referring to straightness in speech or straightness in small objects.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    直

    筆直

    挺直

    垂直

    鉛直

    平直

    修直

    直溜

    直溜溜

    直撅

    直撅撅

    僵直

    直挺挺

    直僵僵

    開門見山 is obviously figurative and refers to someone or something being entirely and directly to the point.

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      直  zhí OC: dɯɡ MC: ɖɨk 29 Attributions

      The current general word for something concrete or abstract being straight in any abstract or concrete way is zhí 直 (ant. wān 彎 "bent")

        Word relations
      • Inconsist: 肆/UNRESTRAINED Sì 肆 and dàng 蕩 (ant. jū 拘 "be properly restrained") refer often positively to lack of inhibitions and a freedom of behaviour.
      • Ant: 屈/BOW DOWN Qū 屈 refers to something being bent or twisted and therefore not stretched out to its full potential length (ant. shēn 伸 "stretch out") is mostly literal in meaning, except when referring to being bowed down by humiliation.
      • Ant: 曲/CURVED
      • Ant: 枉/TWIST Wǎng 枉 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and unwarped") refers to bending as distortion. The word is predominantly transferred in meaning and prototypically refers to the bending of the law.
      • Assoc: 婞/STUBBORN
      • Synon: 端/STRAIGHT Duān 端 (ant. xié 斜 "slanted") and zhēn 貞 (ant. xié 邪 "morally warped") refer to straightness and non-crookedness, often as a property of abstract things.

        Syntactic words
      • nabfigurative, featuremoral uncompromising straightnessLZ
      • nsubjectwhat is straight, something straight
      • vadNstraight and unwarped, not bent, not crooked; direct (not unnecessarily long)
      • vadVstraight, without detours
      • vibe straight and unwarped, not bent, not crooked
      • vichangebecome straight
      • vifigurativebe morally straight and not warped in action, be uncompromising
      • vtoNabfigurativemake (morally) straightCH
      • vtoNpassive, causativebe straightened outCH
      端  duān OC: toon MC: tʷɑn 11 Attributions

      Duān 端 (ant. xié 斜 "slanted") and zhēn 貞 (ant. xié 邪 "morally warped") refer to straightness and non-crookedness, often as a property of abstract things.

        Word relations
      • Synon: 直/STRAIGHT The current general word for something concrete or abstract being straight in any abstract or concrete way is zhí 直 (ant. wān 彎 "bent")

        Syntactic words
      • nadNelevated style: straight; basic and correct
      • nadVelevated style: in a principled way
      • vadVstraight up, upright, in a upright position
      • viconcretebe upright
      • vifigurativebe straight; basic and correct; be principled
      • vtoNcausative.concretecause to be properly straight
      正  zhèng OC: tjeŋs MC: tɕiɛŋ 8 Attributions

      Zhèng 正 (ant. qǔ 曲 "bent") refers to straightness as the desirable state of something.

        Syntactic words
      • nabfigurativestraightness; direct overt methods and strategies
      • vadNfigurative(morally) straight
      • vadNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: straight and in a right angle to a base-lineJZ 1.25 正從 "straight length> height (of a triangle or a more complex plane figure)" See ILLUSTRATION.
      • vadVfigurativestraight to the point; straight out, straightforwardly
      • vibe straight, be in line
      • vtoNcausativemake straight, straighten out
      端愨  duān què MC: twan khaewk OC: toon khrooɡLZ 6 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nabfeatureDELETE uprightness, righteousnessLZ
      • NPabuprightness, righteousnessLZ
      • VPifigurativeupright and sincere, righteousLZ
      正直  zhèng zhí OC: tjeŋs dɯɡ MC: tɕiɛŋ ɖɨk 5 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPab{N1=N2}dispositionproper straightness, upright straightness; moral correctness
      壹  yī OC: qid MC: ʔit 4 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • nabactimpartial morally straight effort
      • viactbe consistent, impartial in action
      直心  zhí xīn OC: dɯɡ slɯm MC: ɖɨk sim 3 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabfigurativestraightforwardness of spiritual attitude
      • VPibe spiritually straightforward
      列  liè OC: b-red MC: liɛt 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vadNarranged in proper order; assorted
      貞  zhēn OC: teŋ MC: ʈiɛŋ 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vibe proper, be as it should
      端然  duān rán OC: toon njen MC: tʷɑn ȵiɛn 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • VPadV(sit, stand) straight up; also figuratively
      端直  duān zhí OC: toon dɯɡ MC: tʷɑn ɖɨk 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • VP[adN]nonreferentialthose who are straightforward and straight
      • VPiintensitivebe all straight, be morally completely straightforward
      質直  zhì zhí OC: tjid dɯɡ MC: tɕit ɖɨk 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • VPifigurativebe straightforward, be morally upright
      廉直  lián zhí MC: ljem drik OC: ɡ-rem dɯɡCH 2 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • NPabfigurativemoral straightnessCH
      • VPifigurativebe (basically) impeccably straight, be decently straightforwardCH
      挺  tǐng OC: deeŋʔ MC: deŋ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNmiddle voiceget straightened out
      鯁  gěng OC: kraaŋʔ MC: kɣaŋ 1 Attribution

      Gěng 鯁 (ant. qū 屈 "bent") is a rare word referring to straightness in speech or straightness in small objects.

        Syntactic words
      • vistraightforward and unswerving (in one's speech)
      揉  róu MC: nyuw OC: mljuCH 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNcausativestraightenCH
      逕  jìng MC: kengH OC: --DS 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • nadVdirectly; take the shortest way to VDS
      佶  jí OC: ɡrid MC: git 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vistraight; unswerving
      孑  jié OC: ked MC: kiɛt 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vi.redstand completely straight like a lance
      縮  suō OC: sruɡ MC: ʂuk 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vistraight;

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: