HSK 6 · Adjectives

垂直 chuízhí “vertical” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 垂直 means

  1. vertical
  2. perpendicular

How to say 垂直

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale垂chuí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale直zhí2nd tone, rising

垂直 in a sentence

  1. 这两条线互相垂直。

    Zhè liǎng tiáo xiàn hùxiāng chuízhí.

    These two lines are perpendicular to each other.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 飞机几乎垂直地飞上了天空。

    Fēijī jīhū chuízhí de fēi shàng le tiānkōng.

    The plane climbed almost vertically into the sky.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 垂直 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 垂 (chuí) drawn as one shape
垂chuíto hang

垂 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 直 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
直zhístraight
  • 十ten · shí
  • 目eye · mù
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidPicture an eye 目 looking straight down a line: straight.

How to write 垂直

垂 8 strokes · 直 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

垂直 (chuízhí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 垂直 (chuízhí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 垂直

Words with 直

一直yìzhí · always直到zhídào · until直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)直zhí · straight简直jiǎnzhí · simply直径zhíjìng · diameter直播zhíbō · live broadcast理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàng · bold and confident (being in the right)

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FAQs

垂直 (chuízhí) means “vertical” or “perpendicular”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuízhí: chuí with a 2nd tone, then zhí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 垂直 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 垂直 from the suggestions. Typing chuizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
垂直 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.