直译 meaning in English

zhíyì

literal translation

Traditional 直譯15 strokes

Meaning of 直译

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhíyì
  1. literal translation

直译 in example sentences

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

我wǒ们men知zhī道dào这zhè很hěn困kùn难nán,但dàn请qǐng不bú要yào直zhí译yì。
We know it's difficult, but please don't translate literally.
我wǒ没méi有yǒu把bǎ英yīng语yǔ直zhí译yì成chéng日rì语yǔ。
I didn't literally translate from English into Japanese.

Stroke order for each character

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

直 zhí · straight · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

译 yì · to translate · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 直译.

一直yīzhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
直接zhíjiēdirectly; direct
直到zhídàountil
简直jiǎnzhísimply; really
直播zhíbō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
翻译fānyìto translate; to interpret
直线zhíxiànstraight line; sharply (rise or fall)
直升机zhíshēngjīhelicopter
直觉zhíjuéintuition
正直zhèngzhíupright; upstanding
直至zhízhìlasting until; up till (the present)
直奔zhíbènto go straight to; to make a beeline for

Questions about 直译

What does 直译 mean?

直译 (zhíyì) means "literal translation".

How do you write 直译?

直译 is made of 2 characters: 直 (8 strokes), 译 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 直译 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 直译 is written 直譯.