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旨

zhǐ

HSK 6 Character

What 旨 means

1. imperial decree
2. purport
3. aim
4. purpose

Example sentences

• 自由旨在能够做所有不伤害其他人的事。
  Zìyóu zhǐzài nénggòu zuò suǒyǒu bù shānghài qítā rén de shì.
  Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible.
• 市政府举行了一次大型公会，旨在促进跨部门合作。
  The city government held a large conference aimed at promoting cross-departmental cooperation.
• 1916 年，橙子过剩催生了「喝一颗橙子」的广告语，旨在让人们相信，将一颗橙子 (或数颗橙子) 榨汁是开始新一天的健康方式。
  In 1916, a surplus of oranges gave birth to the advertising slogan, “Drink an orange,” which aimed to convince people that juicing an orange (or a few oranges) was a healthy way to start the day.
• 我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的命为圣。愿你的国降临。愿你的旨意行在地上如同行在天上。我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们，免我们的债，如同我们免了人的债，不叫我们遇见试探，救我们脱离凶恶。
  Wǒmen zài tiānshàng de fù, yuàn rén dōu zūn nǐ de mìng wèi shèng. yuàn nǐ de guó jiànglín. yuàn nǐ de zhǐyì xíng zài dìshàng rútóng xíng zài tiānshàng. wǒmen rìyòng de yǐnshí, jīnrì cìgěi wǒmen, miǎn wǒmen de zhài, rútóng wǒmen miǎn le rén de zhài, bù jiào wǒmen yùjiàn shìtàn, jiù wǒmen tuōlí xiōng'è.
  Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
• 我有一天醒来发现上帝将毛发植在了我的面颊上，我给它剃了。我次日醒来又发现上帝在我的脸上种了毛发，我又给它剃了。当我第三天发现上帝再一次把毛发植在我脸上时，我绝定接受上帝的旨意。我就这样有了胡子。
  One day, I woke up to find that God had put hair on my face. I shaved it off. The next day, I found that God had put it back on my face, so I shaved it off again. On the third day, when I found that God had put hair back on my face again, I decided to let God have his way. That's why I have a beard.

Words starting with 旨

• 旨在zhǐ zàito have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth)
• 旨意zhǐ yìdecree; order; will; intent
• 旨趣zhǐ qù(literary) purport; objective; intent

Words containing 旨

• 宗旨zōng zhǐobjective; aim; goal
• 主旨zhǔ zhǐgist; main idea; general tenor
• 圣旨shèng zhǐimperial edict
• 奉旨fèng zhǐon imperial orders
• 传旨chuán zhǐissue a decree
• 意旨yì zhǐintent; intention; will
• 要旨yào zhǐthe gist (of a text or argument); the main points
• 遵旨zūn zhǐto obey the Emperor's decree; at your Imperial majesty's command
• 降旨jiàng zhǐto issue an imperial edict
• 题旨tí zhǐsubject of literary work
• 主旨演讲zhǔ zhǐ yǎn jiǎngkeynote speech
• 言近旨远yán jìn zhǐ yuǎnsimple words with a profound meaning (idiom)
• 宏旨hóng zhǐgist; main idea
• 太乙金华宗旨Tài yǐ Jīn huá Zōng zhǐThe Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th…
• 谕旨yù zhǐimperial edict
• 诏旨zhào zhǐimperial edict
• 懿旨yì zhǐan imperial decree
• 弘旨hóng zhǐvariant of 宏旨

Characters that look like 旨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

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• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 吉jílucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…
• 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 只only; merely; just
• 指finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 纸paper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 止to stop; to prohibit; until
• 址(bound form) site; location
• 徵4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 芷angelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 趾toe
• 酯ester
• 祉felicity
• 咫8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳(orange); hedge thorn