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

• 不知底细(不知底細) unaware of details
• 不知所以 to not know the reason; to not know what to do
• 温故而知新(溫故而知新) to cherish the old and know the new
• 知过改过(知過改過) to acknowledge one's faults and correct them
• 不知所措 not knowing what to do
• 不知进退(不知進退) not knowing when to come or leave; with no sense of propriety
• 不知羞耻(不知羞恥) to have no sense of shame; brazen
• 知县(知縣) county magistrate
• 知政 to administer
• 知心 a close friend
• 认知能力(認知能力) cognitive ability
• 不知丁董 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong; unheeding the lessons of the past
• 不知羞 to have no sense of shame
• 知言 words of wisdom ; words from which a fact can be learned
• 知遇 to receive hospitality
• 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
• 温故知新(溫故知新) to cherish the old and know the new
• 推知 to infer
• 另行通知 to notify at a different time; to notify later; to give prior notice
• 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers
• 知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself
• 理性知识(理性知識) rational knowledge
• 知足常乐(知足常樂) satisfied with what one has and always joyful
• 所周知 as is well known; as everyone knows
• 知其内幕(知其內幕) to have inside knowledge
• 人而无信，不知其可(人而無信，不知其可) if a person is not trustworthy, I do not know how they can get on
• 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
• 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
• 恬不知耻(恬不知恥) to have no sense of shame
• 侦知(偵知) to find out by spying
• 蒙昧无知(蒙昧無知) benighted; ignorant
• 春江水暖鸭先知(春江水暖鴨先知) the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm
• 三不知 to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end; to know nothing at all
• 知地形 to know the terrain
• 知识阶层(知識階層) intelligentsia
• 诈作不知(詐作不知) feigned ignorance
• 浅知(淺知) superficial understanding
• 知识(知識) knowledge ; an acquaintance
• 察知 to obtain knowledge though observation
• 知识体系(知識體系) knowledge system
• 察微知著 to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces
• 知识分子(知識分子) intellectual; intelligentsia
• 不令人知 to do in secret
• 真知 real knowledge
• 知足 to be content
• 知世 knowledge of the world
• 不知 do not know ; unknowingly
• 探知 to find out; to ascertain; to get an idea of

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弄物不知名 、 贺知章 、 爱知

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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
• 知伯 (知伯) 知伯實來 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 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: 5
• 知礼 (知禮) 可謂知禮矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 知罪 (知罪) 我知罪矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — 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
• 迪知 (迪知) 迪知上帝命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 3