支 zhī

1. zhī verb to support
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 维持 (Guoyu '支' v 1; Mathews 1931 '支', p. 130; Unihan '支')
2. zhī noun a branch
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 枝条; same as 枝 (Guoyu '支' n 1; Mathews 1931 '支', p. 130; Unihan '支')
3. zhī noun a sect; a denomination; a division
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 旁系; in an organiztion (Guoyu '支' n 2)
4. zhī noun Kangxi radical 65
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '支' n 7; Mathews 1931 '支', p. 130)
5. zhī measure word measure word for rod like things, such as pens and guns
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Used 1. in the same way as 枝 and also used for rod-like things, 2. musical compositions, and 3. divisions of troops (Guoyu '支' n 5).
6. zhī noun hands and feet; limb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as 肢 (Guoyu '支' n 3)
7. zhī verb to disperse; to pay
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 付款 (Guoyu '支' v 3; Mathews 1931 '支', p. 130; Unihan '支')
8. zhī noun earthly branch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An abbreviation for 地支 (Guoyu '支' n 4)
9. zhī proper noun Zhi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '支' n 6)
10. zhī verb able to sustain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 承受 (Guoyu '支' v 2)
11. zhī verb to receive; to draw; to get
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 领取 (Guoyu '支' v 3)
12. zhī verb to dispatch; to assign
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 调度 (Guoyu '支' v 5)
13. zhī noun descendants
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '支', p. 130)

Contained in

• 平板支撑(平板支撐) plank (exercise)
• 千支万派(千支萬派) a thousand branches and ten thousand schools
• 支絀 in need of money; insufficient money
• 支会(支會) association or church branch
• 支承销(支承銷) fulcrum pin
• 左支右绌(左支右絀) to be in straitened circumstances
• 支离(支離) fragmented ; incomplete ; disorganized; incoherent ; irrelevant
• 俾路支 Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
• 宗支 branches of the same clan
• 不支 to be unable to endure
• 本支 roots and branches; father and sons
• 支持者 supporter
• 支走 to send somebody away (with an excuse)
• 支气管(支氣管) bronchial tube; bronchus
• 支边(支邊) to help develop the border areas
• 印支绿鹊(印支綠鵲) Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca)
• 支吾 to resist; to defy ; to handle ; to respond evasively; to make excuses
• 支托 to make excuses
• 支节(支節) limbs and joints ; branches and joints; complications
• 支流 tributary (river) ; branch; section
• 精神支柱 moral pillars; spiritual props
• 垫支(墊支) to advance funds
• 支原体肺炎(支原體肺炎) Mycoplasma pneumonia
• 支公司 subsidiary; branch
• 支派 a branch ; to assign; to allocate ; a tribe; a clan
• 支援 to support; to back
• 支票 a check
• 支费(支費) expenses
• 支使 to dispatch; to send; to order away
• 桥梁支柱(橋梁支柱) a bridge pillar
• 十二支 the twelve earthly branches
• 支骸 parts of the body
• 支书(支書) branch secretary
• 印度支那半岛(印度支那半島) Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period)
• 空白支票 blank check
• 支配权(支配權) authority to dispose of sth
• 精简开支(精簡開支) to reduce spending; to cut spending
• 支付不起 to be unable to pay; unaffordable
• 支持不住 unable to hold up
• 节支(節支) to save on expenditure
• 支颐(支頤) to support the cheeks with the hands
• 支持率 support level; popularity rating
• 按月支取 to pay monthly [in advance]
• 细支气管炎(細支氣管炎) bronchiolitis

Also contained in

黄支 、 印度支那 、 焉支山 、 俾路支省 、 乌特列支 、 印支 、 度支司

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷七十 傅常鄭甘陳段傳 Volume 70: Fu, Chang, Zheng, Gan, Chen and Duan Book of Han 漢書 — count: 38
• 卷十二 本紀第十二: 德宗上 Volume 12 Annals 12: Dezong 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 34
• 卷六十三　　　　表第三　　　宰相下 Volume 63 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 34
• 卷七十九 志第五十五 食貨三 Volume 79 Treatises 55: Finance and Economics 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 34
• 卷八十 志第五十六 食貨四 Volume 80 Treatises 56: Finance and Economics 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 32
• 卷四百九十二 列傳第二百五十一 外國八 吐蕃唃廝囉 董氊 阿里骨 瞎征 趙思忠 Volume 492 Biographies 251: Foreign States 8 - Gusiluo of Tubo, Dongzhan, Aligu, Xiazheng, Zhao Sizhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 30
• 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 29
• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
• 卷一百七十四 志第一百二十七 食貨上二 Volume 174 Treatises 127: Finance and Economics 1b History of Song 宋史 — count: 26

Collocations

• 郅支 (郅支) 郅支單于遠遁 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八 宣帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xuan — count: 47
• 支单于 (支單于) 郅支單于遠遁 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八 宣帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xuan — count: 22
• 四支 (四支) 而暢於四支 — Book of Changes 易經, 坤 Kun — count: 13
• 支体 (支體) 支體傷折 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 12
• 公孙支 (公孫支) 異日與公孫支論政 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二 臣術 Chapter 2: The Art of the Statesman — count: 12
• 支庶 (支庶) 王子支庶為侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來諸侯王年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 8
• 陆支 (陸支) 侯復陸支元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 5
• 析支 (析支) 析支 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 4
• 不能支 (不能支) 茲鄭子引輦上高梁而不能支 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 4
• 令支 (令支) 桓公乃北伐令支 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君大匡第十八 Chapter 18: Correcting a Ruler from Making a Grave Error — count: 3