之

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to; (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it

Strokes
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Pinyin
zhī

Parts

Built from 之

Words with 之

  1. 久之jiǔ zhī · jiuzhifor a long time
  2. 之一zhī yī · zhiyione of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
  3. 之上zhī shàng · zhishangabove
  4. 之下zhī xià · zhixiaunder; beneath; less than
  5. 之中zhī zhōng · zhizhonginside; among; in the midst of (doing sth)
  6. 之内zhī nèi · zhineiinside; within
  7. 之前zhī qián · zhiqianbefore; prior to; ago
  8. 之外zhī wài · zhiwaioutside; excluding
  9. 之后zhī hòu · zhihouafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
  10. 之至zhī zhì · zhizhiextremely
  11. 之间zhī jiān · zhijian(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
  12. 之际zhī jì · zhijiduring; at the time of
  13. 之类zhī lèi · zhileiand so on; and such
  14. 分之fēn zhī · fenzhi(indicating a fraction)
  15. 加之jiā zhī · jiazhimoreover; in addition to that
  16. 反之fǎn zhī · fanzhion the other hand...; conversely...
  17. 告之gào zhī · gaozhito inform; to notify
  18. 因之yīn zhī · yinzhifor this reason
  19. 乐之lè zhī · lezhiRitz (cracker brand)
  20. 次之cì zhī · cizhito rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)
  21. 总之zǒng zhī · zongzhiin a word; in short; in brief
  22. 要之yào zhī · yaozhiin brief; in a word
  23. 谜之mí zhī · mizhi(neologism) (slang) (attributive) mysterious; enigmatic (calque from Japanese 謎の "nazo no")
  24. 随之suí zhī · suizhithereupon; subsequently; accordingly
  25. 顷之qǐng zhī · qingzhiin a moment; shortly after
  26. 之字形zhī zì xíng · zhizixingZ-shaped; zigzag
  27. 之字路zhī zì lù · zhiziluzigzag road; switchback
  28. 之所以zhī suǒ yǐ · zhisuoyi(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
  29. 介之推jiè zhī tuī · jiezhituiJie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
  30. 代之以dài zhī yǐ · daizhiyi(has been) replaced with; (its) place has been taken by

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