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zhī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhī | zhi1
English translation
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of de [de])
him
her
it
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

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About zhī

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

zhī

Contains the radical

丿 piě

Part of speech

Function word / 助词 zhù cí Zhùcí

Learning hint

A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of  zhǐ

Etymology of zhī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

diǎn

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot, phonetically and visually similar to zhǐ , which also a pictograph of a foot.

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Example sentences using zhī

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de 手指 shǒuzhǐ 接触 jiēchù 软膏 ruǎn gāo 之后 zhī hòu jiù téng 起来 qǐlai le .

My fingers are beginning to prick after touching that paste.

zài xià 之前 zhī qián , Hēi yún 使 shǐ 天空 tiānkōng 变得 biàn de 黑暗 hēi àn le .

Thick clouds darkened the sky before the rain fell.

鸽子 gēzi Cóng Bǎi 英里 Yīng lǐ 之外 zhī wài 返回 fǎn huí 窝巢 wō cháo .

The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.

一年 zhī 在于 zàiyú chūn , 一日之计在于 chén .

Make your whole year's plans in spring, and your day's plan early in the morning.

如果 rúguǒ zài 五秒之内 zhī nèi shuì xiē 什么 shénme , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào zhè jiàn 夹克 jiā kè 超过 chāoguò 1000.

If you don't say anything in five seconds, I'll know it was over

Words with zhī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhī him zhī
之后 zhī hòu afterwards之後
之前 zhī qián before之前 zhī qián
之间 zhī jiān between之間
之一 zhī yī one of (sth)之一 zhī yī
之中 zhī zhōng inside之中 zhī zhōng
之外 zhī wài outside之外 zhī wài
之下 zhī xià under之下 zhī xià
之类 zhī lèi and so on之類
总之 zǒngzhī in a word總之
之内 zhī nèi inside之內
之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ the reason why之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ
之上 zhī shàng above之上 zhī shàng
之际 zhījì during之際
称之为 chēng zhī wéi to call it...稱之為
除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài apart from this除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài
三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī
四分之一 sì fēn zhī yī one-quarter四分之一 sì fēn zhī yī
百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi
反之 fǎnzhī conversely...反之 fǎnzhī
一席之地 yī xí zhī dì (acknowledged) place一席之地 yī xí zhī dì
当务之急 dāngwùzhījí top priority job當務之急
在此之前 zài cǐ zhī qián before that在此之前 zài cǐ zhī qián
取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī to substitute for sb取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī
绳之以法 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to bring to justice繩之以法

zhī Decomposition & Compounds

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zhī Compounds

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