Whole syllable:zhīVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
3
Traditional:
之
Level:
ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
pron.fml(used as the object of a verb to refer back to what has been mentioned previously) him, her or it
他怒而视之。
He looked at it angrily.
无不为之兴奋。
Everybody feels excited about it.
求之不得
more than one could wish for
- 2
auxiliary wordfml(particle used between an attribute and the word it modifies)
卿之过也。
It is your fault.
远处传来管弦之声。
The sound of the orchestra comes from the distance.
他决心之大，令人佩服。
We all admired his great determination.
- 3
v.fmlgo to; leave for
不知汝之所之。
I don't know where you have been.
汝将何之？
Where are you bound for?
由皖之沪
go from Anhui to Shanghai
- 4
pron.fmlthis or that
之人也
this type of man
之二虫
these two creatures
Words and phrases with 之
- 之内[word]within
- 之流[word]and his like/ilk
- 之字路[word]S curve in a road
- 之中[word]among
- 之形耙[word]zigzag harrow
- 之类[word]and so forth
- 之字形[word]zigzag
- 之字值[word]zigzag value
- 之字线[word]zigzag
- 之乎者也[idiom]archaism
- 之死靡它[idiom]have no other beloved till death; be unwaveringly steadfast
- 之子于归[idiom]The girl is going to her new home.