之 zhī
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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; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13). -
particle
used between a modifier and a word to form a word group
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , 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). -
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) -
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; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79). -
particle
genetive marker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , 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) -
pronoun
it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2) -
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2) -
preposition
all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3) -
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1) -
conjunction
however
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2) -
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3) -
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5) -
verb
to arrive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Guoyu '之' v 2) -
verb
is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '之' v 3) -
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取用 (Guoyu '之' v 4) -
proper noun
Zhi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)
Contained in
美国之音 、 之间 、 之后 、 之外 、 之前 、 之际 、 百分之 、 之一 、 三分之二 、 之际 、 在此之前 、 之类 、 王羲之 、 王之涣 、 之中 、 分之 、 之上 、 之下 、 总之 、 之内 、 总而言之 、 霸王之道 、 不正之风 、 除此之外 、 反之 、 敬而远之 、 一技之长 、 斧钺之诛 、 鸣条之战 、 安史之乱 、 行之有效 、 招之即来 、 后顾之忧 、 老吾老以及人之老 、 幼吾幼以及人之幼 、 建之旁 、 走之儿 、 共命之鸟 、 逃之夭夭 、 置之死地而后生 、 诸神之战 、 身外之物 、 不治之症 、 黄巾之乱 、 八王之乱 、 丝绸之路 、 山海关之战 、 松锦之战 、 祖冲之 、 贞观之治 、 朋党之争
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 |