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

• 支持 to support ; to help; to assist ; to manage; to handle ; to pay ; to make excuses
• 收支 revenue and expenditure
• 支离破碎(支離破碎) scattered and smashed
• 乌德勒支(烏德勒支) Utrecht
• 超支 to overspend
• 支托 to make excuses
• 支族 subfamily
• 干支 Stem-Branch cycle; Sexagenary Cycle
• 支撑危局(支撐危局) provide support in a perilous situation
• 支取 to withdraw
• 支付不起 to be unable to pay; unaffordable
• 支系统(支系統) subsystem
• 支出 to spend ; expenses
• 支应(支應) to deal with; to wait on ; to provide for
• 支承销(支承銷) fulcrum pin
• 支吾其词(支吾其詞) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth; evasive
• 垫支(墊支) to advance funds
• 分支 branch
• 天干地支 the ten heavenly stems and the twelve Earthly branches
• 支柱 a pillar ; to support ; a mainstay; a principle character
• 巴伦支海(巴倫支海) Barents Sea
• 支根 branching root; rootlet
• 支流 tributary (river) ; branch; section
• 支用 to expend [money]
• 十二地支 the twelve earthly branches
• 精神支柱 moral pillars; spiritual props
• 开支(開支) expenditure; cost; expenses
• 印支绿鹊(印支綠鵲) Indochinese green magpie (Cissa hypoleuca)
• 支气管(支氣管) bronchial tube; bronchus
• 支骸 parts of the body
• 支公司 subsidiary; branch
• 支光 watt
• 支解遗骸(支解遺骸) dismember the corpse
• 支给(支給) to give; to advance pay
• 桥梁支柱(橋梁支柱) a bridge pillar
• 支招 to give advice; to make a suggestion; to help out
• 支部 branch; department
• 平板支撑(平板支撐) plank (exercise)
• 收支相抵 to break even; balance between income and expenditure
• 支配 to arrange; to allocate ; to manage; to control
• 枪支(槍支) a gun; guns in general
• 支拨(支撥) to pay; to expend [money]
• 支恐 to support terrorism
• 支原体(支原體) Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall)
• 不支 to be unable to endure
• 印度支那半岛(印度支那半島) Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period)
• 支节(支節) limbs and joints ; branches and joints; complications

Also contained in

屈支 、 俱支曩 、 吠陀支 、 赭支

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
• 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
• 支体 (支體) 支體傷折 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — 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
• 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
• 析支 (析支) 析支 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 4
• 粟支 (粟支) 粟支數年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin — count: 3