Chinese Notes

之 zhī

zhī pronoun him / her / them / that
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
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; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13).
zhī particle used between a modifier and a word to form a word group
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 64; Rouzer 2007, p. 13).
zhī verb to go
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
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: Classical Chinese 古文
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; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79).
zhī particle genetive marker
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
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; Rouzer 2007, p. 13)
zhī pronoun it
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2)
zhī preposition in
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2)
zhī preposition all
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3)
zhī conjunction and
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1)
zhī conjunction however
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2)
zhī conjunction if
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3)
zhī conjunction then
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5)
zhī verb to arrive
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Guoyu '之' v 2)
zhī verb is
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '之' v 3)
zhī verb to use
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In the sense of 取用 (Guoyu '之' v 4)
zhī proper noun Zhi
Domain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)

Contained in

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Texts that the word is most frequently mentioned in

Collection	Document Title	Occurrences
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	昭公 Lord Zhao	1853
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	襄公 Lord Xiang	1593
Daode Jing 《道德經》	Daode Jing 《道德經》	806
Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹《四書章句集注》	《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean	725
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷六 Scroll 6	705
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷五十三 Scroll 53	700
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷十一 Scroll 11	691
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷四十五 Scroll 45	685
The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》	僖公 Lord Xi	681
Wenxuan 《文選》	卷五 Scroll 5	661