之 zhī
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zhī
pronoun him / her / them / that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 之 may be used as a third person pronoun in Literary Chinese in the sense of 他 or 彼. Its use in this sense is confined to being an object of a verb (Guoyu '之' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '之' 1, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; XHZD '之' 2, p. 974). -
zhī
particle
used between a modifier and a word to form a word group
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: 1. used between a modifier and a word to form a word group a. to express a subordinate relation; b. to express an ordinate decorative function; 2. Used between a subject and predicate to unify them. In Literary Chinese, 之 is placed between a noun and a verb phrase in the pattern 'N 之 VP' to nominalize it. The verb phrase becomes nominalized, somewhat like an English gerund (Guoyu '之' particle; Kroll 2015 '之' 2, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 64; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 973; XHZD '之' 1, p. 974). -
zhī
verb
to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A transitive verb with the object being the destination of travel, in the sense of 往 (Guoyu '之' v 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13) -
zhī
pronoun
this / that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A demonstrative pronoun, similar to the modern Chinese 这 or 那. This sense is rarely used, with use mostly confined to the Shijing and Zhuangzi (Guoyu '之' pronoun 3; Kroll 2015 '之' 1a, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; XHZD '之' 4, p. 974). -
zhī
particle
genetive marker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Equivalent to 的 in modern Chinese; for example, 孝弟也者,其為仁之本與 'Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions?.' (Lunyu 1:2; Guoyu '之' prep. 1; Kroll 2015 '之' 2a, p. 603; Rouzer 2007, p. 13) -
zhī
pronoun
it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2; XHZD '之' 3, p. 974) -
zhī
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2) -
zhī
preposition
all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3) -
zhī
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1) -
zhī
conjunction
however
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2) -
zhī
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3) -
zhī
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5) -
zhī
verb
to arrive / to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Kroll 2015 '之' 4, p. 603; Guoyu '之' v 3; XHZD '之' 5, p. 974) -
zhī
verb
is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '之' v 3) -
zhī
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取用 (Guoyu '之' v 4) -
zhī
proper noun
Zhi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)
Contained in
- 一掬同情之泪(一掬同情之淚) to shed tears of sympathy
- 八分之一 one eighth
- 自然之友 Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
- 之至 extremely
- 百分之百 a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely
- 后顾之忧(後顧之憂) worries about back home
- 趁人之危 to take advantage of somebody's difficulties
- 不易之论(不易之論) perfectly sound proposition / unalterable truth / irrefutable argument
- 无验之言(無驗之言) an untested doctrine
- 老吾老,以及人之老,幼吾幼,以及人之幼 to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
- 有识之士(有識之士) a person with knowledge and experience
- 运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外(運籌帷幄之中,決勝千里之外) a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle
- 切肤之痛(切膚之痛) keenly felt pain / bitter anguish
- 断袖之癖(斷袖之癖) cut sleeve
- 生杀之权(生殺之權) power over life and death
- 爱之而弗仁(愛之而弗仁) love that is only kindness
- 失之交臂 to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip
- 仰之弥高(仰之彌高) to look up at something tall and lofty / to admire
- 忘路之远近(忘路之遠近) he forgot how far he had gone
- 不费吹灰之力(不費吹灰之力) as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease
- 老吾老以及人之老 to honor old people as we do our own aged parents
- 除此之外 apart from this / except / besides
- 万物之本(萬物之本) the source of the myriad things
- 赤子之心 pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere
- 总而言之(總而言之) in short / in a word / in brief
- 不得已而为之(不得已而為之) to have no other choice / to be the last resort
- 好自为之(好自為之) to do one's best / to shape up / to behave / to fend for oneself / you're on your own
- 千里之外 thousand miles distant
- 悔之无及(悔之無及) too late for regrets / It is useless to repent after the event.
- 靡靡之音 decadent or obscene music
- 血气之勇(血氣之勇) the courage born of stirred emotions
- 一线之间(一線之間) a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction
- 前车之鉴(前車之鑒) to learn a lesson from a defeated predecessor
- 鸡黍之约(雞黍之約) an arrangement for chicken and millet
- 知遇之恩 the kindness of recognizing somebody's worth and employing him / patronage / protection
- 总角之好(總角之好) childhood friend
- 一气之下(一氣之下) in a fit of pique / in a fury
- 概而言之 in brief
- 四时之变(四時之變) the changes of the four seasons
Also contained in
欲加之罪,何患无辞 、 松锦之战 、 侯景之乱 、 白发魔女传之明月天国 、 彘之乱 、 佛十八不绝之法 、 邲之战 、 共命之鸟 、 仲夏夜之梦 、 五五之方便 、 王之涣 、 王献之
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 1824
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 1577
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 781
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 700
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 692
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 681
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 679
- 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 679
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 668
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 657