一直

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
simp. and trad. (一直)		一	直

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一直

straight; straight ahead
一直向北走。 ― Yīzhí xiàng běi zǒu. ― Keep going north.
all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time
我一直很頭痛這個事。 [MSC, trad.]
我一直很头痛这个事。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yīzhí hěn tóutòng zhè ge shì. [Pinyin]
I have long been annoyed with this.

她一直嚮往著純潔的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
她一直向往着纯洁的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yīzhí xiàngwǎng zhe chúnjié de àiqíng. [Pinyin]
She has always yearned for pure love.

我一直待在北京，沒出過國。 [MSC, trad.]
我一直待在北京，没出过国。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yīzhí dāi zài Běijīng, méi chū guò guó. [Pinyin]
I stayed in Beijing the entire time, and never left the country.
used to denote an all-encompassing scope
從老人一直到小孩無不歡欣鼓舞。 [MSC, trad.]
从老人一直到小孩无不欢欣鼓舞。 [MSC, simp.]
Cóng lǎorén yīzhí dào xiǎohái wúbù huānxīngǔwǔ. [Pinyin]
Everyone from the elderly to the children rejoiced.

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Dialectal synonyms of 一直 (“continuously; constantly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一直
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	一直
	Malaysia	一直
	Singapore	一直
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一直, 一路, 不嬲, 一嬲
	Hong Kong	一直, 一路, 不嬲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	一直
Hakka	Meixian	一直
Southern Min	Xiamen	直直
	Quanzhou	直直
	Zhangzhou	直直
	Tainan	直直, 一直 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	直直
	Singapore (Hokkien)	直直, 惦惦
	Manila (Hokkien)	直直
	Raoping	惦惦
	Shantou	一直
	Jieyang	惦, 惦惦
	Puning	惦, 惦惦
	Singapore (Teochew)	惦惦
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)