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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)

随之
suízhī
thereupon
顷之
qǐngzhī
in a moment
反之
fǎnzhī
on the other hand...
HSK 6
之内
zhīnèi
inside
之下
zhīxià
under
之上
zhīshàng
above
次之
cìzhī
second (in a competition)
之外
zhīwài
outside
分之
fēnzhī
(indicating a fraction)
之至
zhīzhì
extremely
久之
jiǔzhī
for a long time
之中
zhīzhōng
inside
总之
zǒngzhī
in a word
HSK 5
要之
yàozhī
in brief
之后
zhīhòu
afterwards
之类
zhīlèi
and so on
之前
zhīqián
before
乐之
Lèzhī
Ritz (cracker brand)
加之
jiāzhī
moreover
告之
gàozhī
to tell sb

Metadata

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

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