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zhì

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zhì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhì | zhi4
English translation
to pile, to stack; to stand tall

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About zhì

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhì

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of zhì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山寺

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using zhì

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对峙 duì zhì 双方 shuāngfāng dōu 只是 zhǐ shì zài 瞄准 miáozhǔn 射击 shèjī 无辜 wúgū de 旁观者 páng guān zhě

Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.

Words with zhì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
对峙 duì zhì to confront對峙
zhì peak zhì
繁峙 Fán shì Fanshi county in Xinzhou 忻州 Xīn zhōu [Xīn​zhōu], Shanxi繁峙 Fán shì
繁峙县 Fán shì xiàn Fanshi county in Xinzhou 忻州 Xīn zhōu [Xīn​zhōu], Shanxi繁峙縣

zhì Decomposition & Compounds

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