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支
Zhī
1. surname Zhi
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

支
zhī
to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)
HSK 4 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

支离
zhīlí
fragmented
不支
bùzhī
to be unable to endure
借支
jièzhī
to get an advance on one's pay
分支
fēnzhī
branch (of company, river etc)
印支
YìnZhī
abbr. for [[印度支那<Yìndùzhīnà>]]
地支
dìzhī
the 12 earthly branches [[子<zǐ>]], [[丑<chǒu>]], [[寅<yín>]], [[卯<mǎo>]], [[辰<chén>]], [[巳<sì>]], [[午<wǔ>]], [[未<wèi>]], [[申<shēn>]], [[酉<yǒu>]], [[戌<xū>]], [[亥<hài>]], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
垫支
diànzhī
to advance funds
干支
gānzhī
the ten Heavenly Stems [[十天干<shítiāngān>]] and twelve earthly branches [[十二枝]]
支付
zhīfù
to pay (money)
支光
zhīguāng
watt, unit of power used for electric bulbs
支出
zhīchū
to spend
HSK 6
支前
zhīqián
to support the front (military)
支取
zhīqǔ
to withdraw (money)
支吾
zhīwú
to resist
支吾
zhīwu
to respond evasively or vaguely
支差
zhīchāi
to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
支店
zhīdiàn
branch store
支座
zhīzuò
abutment
支恐
zhīkǒng
to support terrorism
支应
zhīyìng
to deal with

Alternate Entries

支
zhī
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
436
Word Frequency Rank
1,728 of 84,292