zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of de); it

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 44th character
Radical ⼃ (4.3)
Strokes 3
Index # 58

Definitions

之 zhī
  1. 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of de)
  2. 2. it
  3. 3. him
  4. 4. her

Stroke order

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Words containing 之

Word Meaning
the way of maintaining good health
one ninth
old age
fig. spent force
the only way; the road one must follow or take
(of one's words) to have substance
for a long time
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
hidden major threat; grave inner danger
friend who shares hardship; friend in need
true everywhere; universally valid
occupying second place; second (in a competition)
to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent
mystery within a mystery
to accept hardship gladly
the Silk Road
Voice of America (VOA)
intimate friendship; bosom buddies
pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn; sincere
sectarian bias; parochialism
decadent or obscene music
lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble
glutton; gourmand
all just as bad; same kind of bad people