走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 直 zhí straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters syn 摆脱 擺脫 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself syn 丢掉 丟掉 diū diào to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away syn 直线 直線 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall) 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops) syn 消磨 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away syn 直奔 zhí bèn to go straight to / to make a beeline for 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 直视 直視 zhí shì to look straight at syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 笔直 筆直 bǐ zhí perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright syn 开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns syn 畅通 暢通 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction syn 屹立 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing) syn 横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently syn 驶离 駛離 shǐ lí to steer (the plane) away from / to drive away (from a place) / to leave 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 平角 píng jiǎo (math.) straight angle 偏转 偏轉 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line) 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight syn 单刀直入 單刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù to get straight to the point (idiom) syn 锲而不舍 鍥而不捨 qiè ér bù shě to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom) / to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts syn 直尺 zhí chǐ straight ruler syn 心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài frank and outspoken (idiom) / straight speaking / to say what one thinks syn 歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ crooked / not straight / staggering from side to side syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 撕掉 sī diào to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away 直行 zhí xíng to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right 长驱直入 長驅直入 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 同花顺 同花順 tóng huā shùn straight flush (poker) 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 跑 pǎo to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off syn 挺 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn 冲 衝 chōng thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash syn 矢 shǐ arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] syn 祛 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove syn 直话 直話 zhí huà straight talk / straightforward words 径 徑 jìng footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly syn 照直 zhào zhí directly / straight / straight ahead / straightforward 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) syn 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 消失 xiāo shī to disappear / to fade away syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry / to take away syn 拿走 ná zǒu to take away syn 去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn 逃跑 táo pǎo to flee from sth / to run away / to escape syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn 远离 遠離 yuǎn lí to be far from / to keep away from syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 逃走 táo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away syn 即便 jí biàn even if / even though / right away / immediately syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away / to escape syn 扔掉 rēng diào to throw away / to throw out syn 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 清除 qīng chú to clear away / to eliminate / to get rid of syn 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn 避开 避開 bì kāi to avoid / to evade / to keep away from syn 过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away syn 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large 脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage syn 唠叨 嘮叨 láo dao to prattle / to chatter away / to nag / garrulous / nagging syn 外出 wài chū to go out / to go away (on a trip etc) syn 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 得逞 dé chěng to prevail / to have one's way / to get away with it syn 放过 放過 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 逃逸 táo yì to escape / to run away / to abscond syn 无所事事 無所事事 wú suǒ shì shì to have nothing to do / to idle one's time away (idiom) syn 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 逝去 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise 消逝 xiāo shì to fade away syn 推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 消遣 xiāo qiǎn to while the time away / amusement / pastime / recreation / to make sport of syn 远方 遠方 yuǎn fāng far away / a distant location syn 铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn 席卷 席捲 xí juǎn to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything syn 抽身 chōu shēn to get away from / to withdraw / to free oneself syn 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 