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芝

zhī

Character

What 芝 means

1. Zoysia pungens

Example sentences

• 芝麻开门！
  Open Sesame!
• 汤姆喜欢芝士。
  Tāngmǔ xǐhuan zhīshì.
  Tom likes cheese.
• 他尝了芝士蛋糕。
  Tā cháng le zhīshìdàngāo.
  He tasted the cheesecake.
• 卡罗住在芝加哥。
  Carol lives in Chicago.
• 他们坐车去芝加哥。
  They went to Chicago by car.
• 他们开车去芝加哥。
  They went to Chicago by car.

Words starting with 芝

• 芝麻zhī masesame (seed)
• 芝加哥Zhī jiā gēChicago, USA
• 芝加哥大学Zhī jiā gē Dà xuéUniversity of Chicago
• 芝士zhī shì(loanword) cheese
• 芝宇zhī yǔyour appearance (honorific); cf 紫芝眉宇
• 芝心zhī xīnstuffed crust (pizza); cheesy crust
• 芝兰zhī lánlit. iris and orchid; fig. exalted sentiments…
• 芝麻包zhī ma bāosesame bun
• 芝麻官zhī ma guānlow ranking official; petty bureaucrat
• 芝麻油zhī ma yóusesame oil
• 芝麻菜zhī ma cài(botany) arugula; rocket; roquette (subspecies Eruca vesicaria sativa)
• 芝麻饼zhī ma bǐngsesame biscuit
• 芝士蛋糕zhī shì dàn gāocheesecake
• 芝兰之室zhī lán zhī shìlit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company
• 芝兰玉树zhī lán yù shùlit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
• 芝麻小事zhī ma xiǎo shìtrivial matter; trifle
• 芝麻绿豆zhī ma lǜ dòutrivial; minute (size)
• 芝麻酱zhī ma jiàngsesame paste
• 芝焚蕙叹zhī fén huì tànlit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom)…
• 芝罘区Zhī fú QūZhifu, a district of Yantai City 烟台市
• 芝罘Zhī fúsee 芝罘区

Words containing 芝

• 张柏芝Zhāng Bó zhīCecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer
• 东芝Dōng zhīToshiba, Japanese electronics company
• 灵芝líng zhīlingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)
• 云芝yún zhīturkey tail mushroom (Trametes versicolor)
• 林芝市Lín zhī ShìNyingchi, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治区
• 阿芝特克人Ā zhī tè kè rénAztec (person)
• 阿芝特克语Ā zhī tè kè yǔAztec language (Nahuatl)
• 陈谷子烂芝麻chén gǔ zi làn zhī malit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
• 王仙芝Wáng Xiān zhīWang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
• 高仙芝Gāo Xiān zhīGao Xianzhi or Go Seonji (c. 702-756), Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo 高句丽
• 紫芝眉宇zǐ zhī méi yǔyour appearance (honorific)
• 捡了芝麻丢了西瓜jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guāto let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
• 林芝Lín zhīsee 林芝市

Characters that look like 芝

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

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 芙fúused in 芙蓉
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 芷zhǐangelica (type of iris); plant root used in TCM
• 芫yánused in 芫荽

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
• 肢limb
• 吱(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 氏used in 月氏; used in 阏氏
• 祗respectful (ly)
• 只grain that has begun to ripen