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How do you say 'go straight' in Mandarin Chinese?

Say yìzhí zǒu (一直走).

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  1. zuǒ zhuǎn (左转)
  2. yìzhí zǒu (一直走) ✔
  3. tíng xià (停下)

Why: Yìzhí (一直) means straight or continuously, and zǒu (走) means to walk or go. Together they mean go straight ahead.

Huh, didn't know that: Zhuǎn wān (转弯) means to turn or go around a corner.

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Answer: yìzhí zǒu (一直走). Yìzhí (一直) means straight or continuously, and zǒu (走) means to walk or go. Together they mean go straight ahead.

  1. MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary: 一直 www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4
    straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary: 走 www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E8%B5%B0
    to walk / to go / to run
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  3. MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary: 转弯 www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E8%BD%AC%E5%BC%AF
    to turn / to go around a corner
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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