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之
zhī
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of [[的<de>]])
2. him
3. her
4. it
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

之
zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
HSK 4 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

久之
jiǔzhī
for a long time
之一
zhīyī
one of (sth)
之上
zhīshàng
above
之下
zhīxià
under
之中
zhīzhōng
inside
之内
zhīnèi
inside
之前
zhīqián
before
之外
zhīwài
outside
之后
zhīhòu
afterwards
之至
zhīzhì
extremely
之间
zhījiān
between
之际
zhījì
during
HSK 6
之类
zhīlèi
and so on
分之
fēnzhī
(indicating a fraction)
加之
jiāzhī
moreover
反之
fǎnzhī
on the other hand...
HSK 6
告之
gàozhī
to tell sb
乐之
Lèzhī
Ritz (cracker brand)
次之
cìzhī
second (in a competition)
总之
zǒngzhī
in a word
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
43
Word Frequency Rank
209 of 84,292

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