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治

zhì

HSK 5 Character

What 治 means

1. to rule
2. to govern
3. to manage
4. to control
5. to harness (a river)
6. to treat (a disease)
7. to wipe out (a pest)
8. to punish
9. to research

Example sentences

• 防胜于治。
  Prevention is better than cure.
• 乔治失恋了。
  Qiáozhì shīliàn le.
  George was broken-hearted.
• 乔治很健谈。
  Qiáozhì hěn jiàntán.
  George is quite talkative.
• 乔治很伤心。
  George was broken-hearted.
• 她叫我贤治。
  She calls me Kenji.
• 我厌恶政治。
  I abhor politics.

Words starting with 治

• 治疗zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy
• 治安zhì ānlaw and order; public security
• 治理zhì lǐto govern; to administer; to manage
• 治病zhì bìngto treat an illness
• 治愈zhì yùto cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming
• 治好zhì hǎoto cure
• 治国zhì guóto rule a country
• 治学zhì xuéscholarship; high-level study; to do scholarly research
• 治本zhì běnto tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治标
• 治标zhì biāoto treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
• 治罪zhì zuìto punish sb (for a crime)
• 治下zhì xiàunder the jurisdiction of
• 治保zhì bǎolaw enforcement and protection of the public…
• 治装zhì zhuāngto prepare necessities (chiefly clothes) for a journey abroad
• 治国理政zhì guó lǐ zhèngto manage state affairs; to govern the country
• 治外法权zhì wài fǎ quándiplomatic immunity; (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties)…
• 治装费zhì zhuāng fèiexpenses for 治装
• 治标不治本zhì biāo bù zhì běnto treat the symptoms but not the root cause
• 治军zhì jūnrunning of armed forces; military management; to govern armed forces
• 治气zhì qìto get angry
• 治未病zhì wèi bìngpreventative treatment (medicine)
• 治死zhì sǐto put to death
• 治病救人zhì bìng jiù rénto treat the disease to save the patient; to criticize a person in order to help him
• 治疗师zhì liáo shītherapist

Words containing 治

• 政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political
• 统治tǒng zhìto rule (a country); to govern; rule
• 防治fáng zhìto prevent and cure; prevention and cure
• 自治区zì zhì qūautonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with…
• 法治fǎ zhìrule of law; to rule by law
• 政治家zhèng zhì jiāstatesman; politician
• 自治zì zhìautonomy
• 整治zhěng zhìto bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition
• 统治者tǒng zhì zhěruler
• 医治yī zhìto treat (an illness); medical treatment
• 救治jiù zhìto provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
• 三明治sān míng zhì(loanword) sandwich
• 根治gēn zhìto bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
• 政治经济学zhèng zhì jīng jì xuépolitical economy
• 政治学zhèng zhì xuépolitics; political science
• 政治局zhèng zhì júpolitburo
• 不治bù zhìto die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
• 政治犯zhèng zhì fànpolitical prisoner
• 民主政治mín zhǔ zhèng zhìdemocracy (as a system of government)
• 同治Tóng zhìreign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
• 自治州zì zhì zhōuautonomous prefecture
• 诊治zhěn zhìto diagnose and treat
• 政治部zhèng zhì bùpolitical division; cadre department
• 明治Míng zhìMeiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor

Characters built on 台

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

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 怡yíharmony; pleased
• 笞chīto whip with bamboo strips
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 饴yímaltose syrup
• 诒yí(archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 贻
• 眙yíused in 盱眙

Characters that look like 治

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

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 活huóto live; alive; living
• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 冶yěto smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 沽gūto buy; to sell

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere
• 掷to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí