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zhī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhī | zhi1
English translation
fat
rouge (cosmetics)
resin
fat, grease, lard, oil

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About zhī

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zhī

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

flesh

Etymology of zhī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼旨

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhǐ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhī

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zhū zài 体内 tǐ nèi 储存 chǔcún le 大量 dà liàng de 脂肪 zhīfáng .

The pig stores a lot of fat in its body.

xiǎo zhū 脱脂 tuō zhī 而且 érqiě hěn ài .

The piglets had the buttermilk and loved it.

乙醛酸循环体发现 fāxiàn 油脂 yóu zhī 种子 zhǒngzi de 贮藏 zhù cáng 组织 zǔzhī Zhōng .

Glyoxysomes are found in the storage tissues of fatty seeds.

zài 哺乳动物 bǔ rǔ dòng wù 细胞 xìbāo Zhōng nǎo lín zhī 神经节 gān zhī 可能 kěnéng 执行 zhíxíng 同样 tóng yàng de 功能 gōngnéng .

Those in mammalian cells, the cerebrosides and gangliosides, may perform similar functions.

活跃 huóyuè de 脂肪 zhīfáng méi 圆球 yuán qiú de Xiāng 结合 jiéhé .

Active lipase is associated with the membrane of the spherosomes.

Words with zhī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
脂肪 zhīfáng fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)脂肪 zhīfáng
zhī fat zhī
油脂 yóu zhī grease油脂 yóu zhī
树脂 shù zhī resin樹脂
脱脂 tuō zhī to remove fat脫脂
脂肪酸 zhī fáng suān fatty acid脂肪酸 zhī fáng suān
血脂 xuè zhī blood lipid血脂 xuè zhī
胭脂 yān zhī rouge胭脂 yān zhī
磷脂 lín zhī phospholipid磷脂 lín zhī
脂蛋白 zhī dàn bái lipoprotein脂蛋白 zhī dàn bái
琼脂 qióng zhī agar瓊脂
脂肪肝 zhī fáng gān fatty liver脂肪肝 zhī fáng gān
不饱和脂肪酸 bù bǎo hé zhī fáng suān unsaturated fatty acid不飽和脂肪酸
低脂 dī zhī low fat低脂 dī zhī
脂粉 zhī fěn cosmetics脂粉 zhī fěn
卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)卵磷脂 luǎn lín zhī
脂质体 zhī zhì tǐ liposome (bilayer lipid vesicle)脂質體
皮脂腺 pí zhī xiàn skin oil gland皮脂腺 pí zhī xiàn
环氧树脂 huán yǎng shù zhī epoxy resin (chemistry)環氧樹脂
硬脂酸 yìng zhī suān stearic acid硬脂酸 yìng zhī suān
涂脂抹粉 tú zhī mǒ fěn to put on makeup塗脂抹粉
香脂 xiāng zhī balsam香脂 xiāng zhī

zhī Decomposition & Compounds

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zhī Decomposition

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