知 zhī

1. zhī verb to know
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '知' 1, p. 604; Mathews 1931 '知', p. 128; Unihan '知'; XHZD '知' 1)
2. zhī verb to comprehend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 懂得,了解, or 理会 (Kroll 2015 '知' 1a, p. 604; Guoyu '知' v 1； Unihan '知')
3. zhī verb to inform; to tell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 通知 (XHZD '知' 2)
4. zhī verb to administer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 管理 (Guoyu '知' v 5; XHZD '知' 4)
5. zhī verb to distinguish; to discern; to recognize
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 识别 (Kroll 2015 '知' 2, p. 604; Guoyu '知' 2)
6. zhī verb to be close friends
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 赏识 (Guoyu '知' v 3; Kroll 2015 '知' 2b, p. 604; XHZD '知' 5)
7. zhī verb to feel; to sense; to perceive
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 感到,感觉, or 察觉 (Mathews 1931 '知', p. 128; Unihan '知')
8. zhī verb to receive; to entertain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 招待 (Guoyu '知' v 4)
9. zhī noun knowledge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 识见 or 学问 (Guoyu '知' n 1; XHZD '知' 3)
10. zhī noun consciousness; perception
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 知觉 (Guoyu '知' n 2)
11. zhī noun a close friend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 知己 (Guoyu '知' n 3)
12. zhì noun wisdom
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 智慧 or 才智; same as 智 in some classical writings (Kroll 2015 '知' zhì, p. 604; Mathews 1931 '知', p. 129; Guoyu '知' zhì)
13. zhì proper noun Zhi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '知' zhì n 2)
14. zhī verb to appreciate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '知' 2a, p. 604)
15. zhī verb to make known
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '知' 3, p. 604)
16. zhī verb to have control over
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '知' 4, p. 604)
17. zhī verb to expect; to foresee
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '知' 5, p. 604)

Contained in

• 无人不知(無人不知) known to everybody
• 大先知书(大先知書) the biblical books of the prophets
• 知遇 to receive hospitality
• 所周知 as is well known; as everyone knows
• 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
• 人事不知 to have lost consciousness
• 愚昧无知(愚昧無知) stupid and ignorant
• 知天知地 know Heaven and earth
• 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 知止 to know when to stop
• 世界知识产权组织(世界知識產權組織) World Intellectual Property Organization
• 电报通知(電報通知) electronic communication (fax, email etc)
• 知之者胜(知之者勝) one who knows this will be victorious
• 食髓知味 eat bone marrow [one time] and know the flavor
• 知名士 a famous person
• 认知神经科学(認知神經科學) cognitive neuroscience
• 感知力 perceptivity
• 疾风知劲草(疾風知勁草) the storm put strong grass to the test; troubled times test a faithful minister
• 知非 to acknowledge a mistake
• 知者不惑 a wise person is free from doubt
• 无知(無知) ignorant ; no feeling
• 熟知 to be acquainted
• 知耻(知恥) to have a sense of shame
• 知识论(知識論) epistemology
• 知州 senior provincial government official
• 神不知鬼不觉(神不知鬼不覺) top secret; hush-hush
• 未知 unknown; do not know
• 路遥知马力，日久见人心(路遙知馬力，日久見人心) just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart
• 须知(須知) instructions; a notice ; information that should be known
• 早知 foresight; foreknowledge; if one had known earlier,...
• 不知凡几(不知凡幾) one can't tell how many; numerous similar cases
• 鉴往知来(鑒往知來) to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs)
• 觉知(覺知) awareness
• 认知失调(認知失調) cognitive dissonance
• 一无所知(一無所知) to not know anything at all
• 另行通知 to notify at a different time; to notify later; to give prior notice
• 秀才不出门，全知天下事(秀才不出門，全知天下事) a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world
• 认知神经心理学(認知神經心理學) cognitive neuropsychology
• 见微知著(見微知著) one tiny clue reveals the general trend; small beginnings show how things will develop
• 得知 to find out; to know; to learn of
• 圣人知之(聖人知之) sages know this
• 乐天知命(樂天知命) to be content with what one is
• 知趣 to act tactfully; tactful; discreet ; to have a sense of what is appropriate
• 一知半解 to know one and understand half; a smattering of knowledge
• 知几(知幾) foreknowledge of
• 红颜知己(紅顏知己) close female friend; confidante
• 知名人士 public figure; celebrity
• 缴税通知单(繳稅通知單) tax notice
• 塞翁失马安知非福(塞翁失馬安知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 若要人不知，除非己莫为(若要人不知，除非己莫為) If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it . If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

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知其然而不知其所以然

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• 卷二百十三 表第四 宰輔四 Volume 213 Tables 4: Chancellors 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 130
• 卷三百〇一 列傳第六十 邊肅 梅詢 馬元方 薛田 寇瑊 楊日嚴 李行簡 章頻 陳琰 李宥 張秉 張擇行 鄭向 郭稹 趙賀 高覿 袁抗 徐起 張旨 齊廓 鄭驤 Volume 301 Biographies 60: Bian Su, Mei Xun, Ma Yuanfang, Xue Tian, Kou Jian, Yang Riyan, Li Xingjian, Zhang Pin, Chen Yan, Li You, Zhang Bing, Zhang Zhaixing, Zheng Xiang, Guo Zhen, Zhao He, Gao Di, Yuan Kang, Xu Qi, Zhang Zhi, Qi Kuo, Zheng Xiang History of Song 宋史 — count: 116
• 卷二百十一 表第二 宰輔二 Volume 211 Tables 2: Chancellors 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 106
• 卷六十四 後蜀世家第四: 孟知祥 Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 104
• 卷三百三十一 列傳第九十 孫長卿 周沆 李中師 羅拯 馬仲甫 王居卿 孫構 張詵 蘇宷 馬從先 沈遘 李大臨 呂夏卿 祖無擇 程師孟 張問 陳舜俞 樂京 劉蒙 苗時中 韓贄 楚建中 張頡 盧革 Volume 331 Biographies 90: Sun Zhangqing, Zhou Hang, Li Zhongshi, Luo Zheng, Ma Zhongfu, Wang Juqing, Sun Gou, Zhang Shen, Su Shen, Ma Congxian, Shen Gou, Li Dalin, Lu Xiaqing, Zu Wuzhai, Cheng Shimeng, Zhang Wen, Chen ShunYu, Le Jing, Liu Meng, Miao Shizhong, Han Zhi, Chu Jianzhong, Zhang Xie, Lu Ge History of Song 宋史 — count: 103
• 卷二百八十八 列傳第四十七 任中正 周起 程琳 姜遵 范雍 趙稹 任布 高若訥 孫沔 Volume 288 Biographies 47: Ren Zhongzheng, Zhou Qi, Cheng Lin, Jiang Zun, Fan Yong, Zhao Zhen, Ren Bu, Gao Ruone, Sun Mian History of Song 宋史 — count: 101
• 卷二百九十九 列傳第五十八 狄棐 郎簡 孫祖德 張若谷 石揚休 祖士衡 李垂 張洞 李仕衡 李溥 胡則 薛顏 許元 鍾離瑾 孫沖 崔嶧 田瑜 施昌言 Volume 299 Biographies 58: Di Fei, Lang Jian, Sun Zude, Zhang Ruogu, Shi Yangxiu, Zu Shiheng, Li Chui, Zhang Dong, Li Shiheng, Li Pu, Hu Ze, Xue Yan, Xu Yuan, Zhong Lijin, Sun Chong, Cui Yi, Tian Yu, Shi Changyan History of Song 宋史 — count: 101
• 《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: 100
• 卷二百十二 表第三 宰輔三 Volume 212 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 94
• 卷三百一十 列傳第六十九 李迪 王曾 張知白 杜衍 Volume 310 Biographies 69: Li Di, Wang Ceng, Zhang Zhibai, Du Yan History of Song 宋史 — count: 91

Collocations

• 知武 (知武) 知武子佐下軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
• 不敢知 (不敢知) 我不敢知曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 6
• 知曰 (知曰) 我不敢知曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 6
• 知子 (知子) 知子之來之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧女曰鷄鳴 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Nu Yue Ji Ming — count: 5
• 子知 (子知) 國子知之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 知罃 (知罃) 楚熊負羈囚知罃 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 知庄子 (知莊子) 知莊子曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 不可知 (不可知) 信不可知 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 敢知 (敢知) 罔敢知吉 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 西伯戡黎 Shang Shu - Chief of the west's Conquest of Li — count: 3
• 知季 (知季) 知季曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3