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zhì

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zhì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhì | zhi4
English translation
to block, to obstruct; sluggish, stagnant

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About zhì

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhì

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of zhì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵帶

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

dài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and dài represents the sound. Simplified form of zhì .

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Words with zhì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
停滞 tíngzhì stagnation停滯
滞留 zhìliú to detain滯留
滞后 zhì hòu to lag behind滯後
zhì sluggish zhì
阻滞 zǔ zhì to clog up阻滯
停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián in a rut停滯不前
呆滞 dāi zhì dull呆滯
滞销 zhì xiāo to sell poorly滯銷
滞纳金 zhì nà jīn overdue fine滯納金
气滞 qì zhì stagnation of |[qì] (TCM)氣滯
迟滞 chí zhì delay遲滯
凝滞 níng zhì to stagnate凝滯
滞胀 zhì zhàng stagflation (i.e. simultaneous inflation and stagnation)滯脹
淤滞 yū zhì silted up淤滯
滞塞 zhì sāi to obstruct滯塞

zhì Decomposition & Compounds

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