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肢

zhī

HSK 6 Character

What 肢 means

1. limb

Example sentences

• 这是个由不分老少、贫富、民主党、共和党；黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亚裔、美洲原住民；同性恋、异性恋人；肢障与四体健全者，大家共同诉说的答案。美国民众向全世界发出讯息，我们绝非一盘散沙，也不是由红州、蓝州拼凑而成的集合体。
  Zhè shì gè yóu bù fēn lǎoshào, pínfù, Mínzhǔdǎng, Gònghédǎng; hēirén, báirén, lādīng yì, Yàyì, Měizhōu yuánzhùmín; tóngxìngliàn, yìxìngliàn rén; zhī zhàng yǔ sìtǐ jiànquán zhě, dàjiā gòngtóng sùshuō de dá'àn. Měiguó mínzhòng xiàng quánshìjiè fāchū xùnxī, wǒmen juéfēi yīpánsǎnshā, yě bù shì yóu hóng zhōu, lán zhōu pīncòu ér chéng de jíhétǐ.
  It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Words starting with 肢

• 肢体zhī tǐlimb; limbs and trunk; body
• 肢解zhī jiěto dismember; (fig.) to break into parts
• 肢体冲突zhī tǐ chōng tūphysical encounter; fight
• 肢体语言zhī tǐ yǔ yánbody language

Words containing 肢

• 四肢sì zhīthe four limbs of the body
• 腰肢yāo zhīwaist
• 下肢xià zhīlower limb (from hip to toes)
• 截肢jié zhīamputation (medicine); to amputate
• 胳肢窝gā zhi wōarmpit; also pr. gē zhi wō; also written 夹肢窝
• 上肢shàng zhīupper limb (from shoulder to fingertips)
• 假肢jiǎ zhīartificial limb; prosthetic limb
• 前肢qián zhīforelimb; foreleg
• 幻肢huàn zhī(medicine) phantom limb
• 后肢hòu zhīhind legs
• 断肢duàn zhīsevered limb
• 残肢cán zhīstump (of a limb); severed limb
• 义肢yì zhīartificial limb; prosthesis
• 触肢chù zhīpedipalp
• 附肢fù zhīappendage
• 节肢动物jié zhī dòng wùarthropod
• 节肢介体病毒jié zhī jiè tǐ bìng dúarbovirus
• 胳肢gé zhi(dialect) to tickle
• 鳍状肢qí zhuàng zhīflipper
• 螯肢áo zhīchelicera
• 四肢支撑式sì zhī zhī chēng shìlow plank (yoga pose)
• 头脑简单四肢发达tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dáall brawn no brains
• 夹肢窝gā zhi wōvariant of 胳肢窝
• 膈肢gé zhivariant of 胳肢

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
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 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 肢

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

• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

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
• 枝branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 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