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知

zhī

HSK 2 Character

What 知 means

1. to know
2. to be aware

Example sentences

• 谁知道？
  Who knows?
• 我知道。
  I know.
• 想知道？
  Want to know?
• 不知道。
  Don't know.
• 知己难求。
  Zhījǐ nán qiú.
  A real friend is like a rare bird.
• 知足常乐。
  Zhīzúchánglè.
  Happy is the man who is contented.

Words starting with 知

• 知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. zhī dao
• 知识zhī shiknowledge; intellectual
• 知觉zhī juéperception; consciousness
• 知足常乐zhī zú cháng lèsatisfied with what one has (idiom)
• 知识分子zhī shi fèn zǐintellectual; intelligentsia
• 知名zhī míngwell-known; famous
• 知青zhī qīngeducated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution)…
• 知名度zhī míng dùreputation; profile; familiarity in the public consciousness
• 知己zhī jǐto know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
• 知情zhī qíngto know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
• 知晓zhī xiǎoto know; to understand
• 知足zhī zúcontent with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
• 知音zhī yīnintimate friend; soul mate
• 知心zhī xīncaring; intimate
• 知情人zhī qíng rénperson in the know; insider; informed source
• 知识面zhī shi miànbreadth of knowledge
• 知县zhī xiàncounty head magistrate (old)
• 知了zhī liǎocicada (onom.)
• 知府zhī fǔprefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
• 知识界zhī shi jièintellectual circles; intelligentsia
• 知识青年zhī shi qīng niáneducated youth; young intellectual; (historical) urban youth with formal education who…
• 知名人士zhī míng rén shìpublic figure; celebrity
• 知趣zhī qùto act tactfully; tactful; discreet
• 知情权zhī qíng quánright to know

Words containing 知

• 不知bù zhīnot to know; unaware; unknowingly
• 通知tōng zhīto notify; to inform; notice
• 无知wú zhīignorant; ignorance
• 须知xū zhīkey information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
• 众所周知zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī(idiom) as everyone knows
• 得知dé zhīto find out; to learn of
• 不知不觉bù zhī bù jué(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
• 谁知shéi zhīwho would have thought; unexpectedly
• 告知gào zhīto inform; to notify
• 谁知道shéi zhī dàoGod knows...; Who would have imagined...?
• 认知rèn zhīcognition; cognitive; understanding
• 所知suǒ zhīknown; what one knows
• 不知所措bù zhī suǒ cuònot knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
• 通知书tōng zhī shūwritten notice
• 未知wèi zhīunknown
• 良知liáng zhīinnate sense of right and wrong; conscience; bosom friend
• 可知kě zhīevidently; clearly; no wonder
• 可想而知kě xiǎng ér zhī(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
• 明知míng zhīto be fully aware of; to know perfectly well
• 深知shēn zhīto know well; to be fully aware of
• 一无所知yī wú suǒ zhī(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
• 先知xiān zhīa person of foresight; (religion) a prophet
• 感知gǎn zhīperception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses); to sense; to feel; to detect…
• 已知yǐ zhīknown (to science)

Characters built on 口

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

• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 只zhǐonly; merely; just
• 吉jílucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate

Characters that look like 知

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

• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 恤xùanxiety; sympathy; to sympathize
• 枷jiācangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord

Sounds the same

Read zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

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