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之

zhī

HSK 4 Character

What 之 means

1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of {的|de})
2. him
3. her
4. it

Example sentences

• 之后呢？
  And afterward?
• 井底之蛙。
  Jǐngdǐzhīwā.
  A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.
• 切身之痛。
  It's a personal pain.
• 叩响幸福之门
  Kòu xiǎng xìngfú zhī mén
  Knock on the door of happiness.
• 他言之无物。
  There is no substance in his speech.
• 之前你在哪里？
  Where were you?

Words starting with 之

• 之后zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
• 之间zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid…
• 之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to; ago
• 之一zhī yīone of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
• 之中zhī zhōnginside; among; in the midst of (doing sth)
• 之外zhī wàioutside; excluding
• 之类zhī lèiand so on; and such
• 之下zhī xiàunder; beneath; less than
• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐ(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他
• 之内zhī nèiinside; within
• 之际zhī jìduring; at the time of
• 之上zhī shàngabove
• 之至zhī zhìextremely
• 之字形zhī zì xíngZ-shaped; zigzag
• 之字路zhī zì lùzigzag road; switchback
• 之乎者也zhī hū zhě yě(lit.) 之; (fig.) archaic expressions

Words containing 之

• 分之fēn zhī(indicating a fraction)
• 总之zǒng zhīin a word; in short; in brief
• 反之fǎn zhīon the other hand...; conversely...
• 总而言之zǒng ér yán zhīin short; in a word; in brief
• 当务之急dāng wù zhī jí(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
• 后顾之忧hòu gù zhī yōufears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)…
• 天伦之乐tiān lún zhī lèfamily love and joy; domestic bliss
• 称之为chēng zhī wéito call it...; known as...
• 除此之外chú cǐ zhī wàiapart from this; in addition to this
• 加之jiā zhīmoreover; in addition to that
• 相比之下xiāng bǐ zhī xiàby comparison
• 美国之音Měi guó Zhī YīnVoice of America (VOA)
• 久而久之jiǔ ér jiǔ zhīover time; as time passes; in the fullness of time
• 因之yīn zhīfor this reason
• 取而代之qǔ ér dài zhī(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
• 挥之不去huī zhī bù qùimpossible to get rid of
• 换言之huàn yán zhīin other words
• 不了了之bù liǎo liǎo zhīto settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite
• 丝绸之路Sī chóu zhī Lùthe Silk Road
• 嗤之以鼻chī zhī yǐ bíto snort disdainfully; to scoff at; to turn up one's nose
• 来之不易lái zhī bù yì(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained
• 王羲之Wáng Xī zhīWang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of…
• 千里之外qiān lǐ zhī wàithousand miles distant
• 意料之外yì liào zhī wài(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected

Sounds the same

Read zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 知to know; to be aware
• 支to support; to sustain; to erect
• 汁juice
• 织to weave; to knit
• 脂fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 枝branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢limb
• 芝Zoysia pungens
• 吱(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 氏used in 月氏; used in 阏氏
• 祗respectful (ly)
• 只grain that has begun to ripen