直至 meaning in English

zhízhì

lasting until; up till (the present)

HSK 7-9verb14 strokes

Meaning of 直至

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhízhì
  1. lasting until
  2. up till (the present)

直至 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā一yì直zhí坚jiān持chí他tā的de工gōng作zuò直zhí至zhì他tā成chéng功gōng了le。
He persisted in his work until he succeeded.
直zhí至zhì目mù前qián为wéi止zhǐ一yī切qiè都dōu很hěn顺shùn利lì。
So far everything has been going well.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

直 zhí · straight · 8 strokes

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至 zhì · to arrive · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 直至.

一直yīzhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
直接zhíjiēdirectly; direct
至少zhìshǎoat least; (to say the) least
直到zhídàountil
简直jiǎnzhísimply; really
至今zhìjīnso far; to this day
直播zhíbō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
甚至shènzhìeven; so much so that
直线zhíxiànstraight line; sharply (rise or fall)
直升机zhíshēngjīhelicopter
至于zhìyúas for; as to
不至于bùzhìyúunlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

Questions about 直至

What does 直至 mean?

直至 (zhízhì) means "lasting until; up till (the present)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 直至?

直至 is made of 2 characters: 直 (8 strokes), 至 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 直至 an HSK word?

Yes. 直至 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.