知 zhī

1. zhī verb to know
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (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 (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
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 知 is synonomous with 识别 (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; 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 (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 (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)

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• 知人 to understand a person
• 明知 to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well
• 反知识(反知識) anti-intellectual
• 自知之明 knowing oneself; self-knowledge
• 一无所知(一無所知) to not know anything at all
• 迷不知返 to go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path
• 年少无知(年少無知) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
• 全知 omniscient
• 不知 do not know ; unknowingly
• 知书达理(知書達理) educated and well-balanced
• 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers
• 侦知(偵知) to find out by spying
• 告知 to inform
• 人所共知 something that everybody knows
• 知趣 to act tactfully; tactful; discreet
• 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
• 全知全能 omniscient and omnipotent
• 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容(士為知己者死，女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
• 人不知鬼不觉(人不知鬼不覺) in absolute secrecy
• 知识宝库(知識寶庫) treasure house of knowledge
• 鲜为人知(鮮為人知) rarely known to anyone; almost unknown; secret to all but a few
• 知其然而不知其所以然 to know that it is so but not why it is so
• 可想而知 as one can well imagine...
• 认知神经心理学(認知神經心理學) cognitive neuropsychology
• 格物致知 to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge; pursuing knowledge to the end
• 录取通知书(錄取通知書) admission notice (delivered by a university)
• 知之为知之，不知为不知(知之為知之，不知為不知) When you know a thing, to hold that you know it and when you do not know a thing, to admit that you do not know it.
• 会面安可知(會面安可知) how shall we meet again?
• 他乡遇故知(他鄉遇故知) meeting an old friend in a foreign place
• 良知良能 instinctive understanding, especially of ethical issues; untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
• 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
• 技术知识(技術知識) technical knowledge
• 迷途知返 to get back on the right path; to mend one's ways
• 岂知(豈知) How could I know?
• 深知 to know well; to be fully aware of
• 不知死活 to act recklessly
• 知之者胜(知之者勝) one who knows this will be victorious
• 不知去向 whereabouts unknown; gone missing
• 预知(預知) to anticipate; to foresee
• 知府 prefectural magistrate
• 妇孺皆知(婦孺皆知) understood by everyone; well known; a household name
• 知天知地 know Heaven and earth
• 不知所之 whereabouts unknown
• 科学知识(科學知識) scientific knowledge
• 人人皆知 known to everyone
• 知识阶级(知識階級) intelligentsia
• 不知羞耻(不知羞恥) to have no sense of shame; brazen
• 旧知(舊知) old acquaintance; former friend
• 人不知而不愠(人不知而不慍) to feel no displeasure when people take no notice of you
• 知冷知热(知冷知熱) to know whether others are cold or hot; to be very considerate

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Collocations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 知政 (知政) 椒也知政 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 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
• 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
• 迪知 (迪知) 迪知上帝命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 大誥 Zhou Shu - Great Announcement — count: 3