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枝

zhī

HSK 6 Character

What 枝 means

1. branch
2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Example sentences

• 这枝笔不好写。
  This pen doesn't write well.
• 这只是枝叶而已。
  Zhè zhǐshì zhīyè éryǐ.
  It's only leaves and branches.
• 这几枝笔是谁的？
  Whose are these pens?
• 鸟用细树枝筑巢。
  Birds build nests of twigs.
• 他紧紧抓住树枝。
  He held on firmly to the branch.
• 灯笼在树枝上吊着。
  Dēnglóng zài shùzhī shàngdiào zhe.
  The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.

Words starting with 枝

• 枝叶zhī yèbranch and leaf
• 枝条zhī tiáobranch; twig; stem
• 枝干zhī gànbranch; limb (of a tree)
• 枝桠zhī yābranch; twig
• 枝繁叶茂zhī fán yè mào(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper…
• 枝节zhī jiébranches and knots; fig. side issue; minor peripheral problem
• 枝子zhī zitwig; branch
• 枝晶zhī jīngabbr. of 树枝状晶
• 枝蔓zhī mànbranches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive
• 枝江市Zhī jiāng ShìZhijiang, a county-level city in Yichang City 宜昌市
• 枝节横生zhī jié héng shēngside issues keep arising (idiom)
• 枝江Zhī jiāngsee 枝江市
• 枝解zhī jiěvariant of 肢解
• 枝丫zhī yāvariant of 枝桠
• 枝枒zhī yāvariant of 枝桠

Words containing 枝

• 树枝shù zhībranch; twig
• 荔枝lì zhīlitchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
• 花枝招展huā zhī zhāo zhǎnlit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom)…
• 花枝huā zhīspray (sprig of a plant with blossoms); cuttlefish (on dining menus)…
• 攀枝花pān zhī huākapok (tree)
• 一枝独秀yī zhī dú xiùlit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)…
• 分枝fēn zhībranch
• 剪枝jiǎn zhīto prune (branches etc)
• 折枝zhé zhīmassage; snapped-off branch; sprig
• 接枝jiē zhī(tree) graft
• 橄榄枝gǎn lǎn zhīolive branch; symbol of peace
• 水横枝shuǐ héng zhīcape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
• 祝枝山Zhù Zhī shānZhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents…
• 有枝有叶yǒu zhī yǒu yèto become bogged down in the details (idiom)
• 本固枝荣běn gù zhī róngwhen the root is firm, the branches flourish
• 棕枝主日zōng zhī zhǔ rìPalm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
• 棕枝全日zōng zhī quán rìPalm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
• 树枝状晶shù zhī zhuàng jīngdendrite (crystallography)
• 横生枝节héng shēng zhī jiéto deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
• 节上生枝jié shàng shēng zhīa new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
• 节外生枝jié wài shēng zhī(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
• 粗枝大叶cū zhī dà yèthick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready
• 细枝末节xì zhī mò jiéminor details; trifles
• 远门近枝yuǎn mén jìn zhīnear and distant relatives

Characters built on 支

These share the phonetic component 支 (zhī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 技jìskill
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 妓jìprostitute
• 肢zhīlimb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names

Characters that look like 枝

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

• 技jìskill
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…

Sounds the same

Read zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 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
• 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