之 zhī
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zhī
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; Kroll 2015 '之' 1, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; XHZD '之' 2, p. 974). -
zhī
particle
used between a modifier and a word to form a word group
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
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; Kroll 2015 '之' 2, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 64; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 973; XHZD '之' 1, p. 974). -
zhī
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) -
zhī
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; Kroll 2015 '之' 1a, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; XHZD '之' 4, p. 974). -
zhī
particle
genetive marker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
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; Kroll 2015 '之' 2a, p. 603; Rouzer 2007, p. 13) -
zhī
pronoun
it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2; XHZD '之' 3, p. 974) -
zhī
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2) -
zhī
preposition
all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3) -
zhī
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1) -
zhī
conjunction
however
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2) -
zhī
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3) -
zhī
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5) -
zhī
verb
to arrive; to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Kroll 2015 '之' 4, p. 603; Guoyu '之' v 3; XHZD '之' 5, p. 974) -
zhī
verb
is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '之' v 3) -
zhī
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取用 (Guoyu '之' v 4) -
zhī
proper noun
Zhi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)
Contained in
- 之类(之類) and so on; and such ; kinds of
- 迂直之计(迂直之計) a plan to feign simplicity
- 天假之缘(天假之緣) the destiny granted by Heaven
- 久而久之 gradually over time
- 事之所系(事之所繫) what binds everything together
- 眷眷之心 nostalgia; home-sickness; longing for departed beloved
- 水乳之契 water and milk blended together; compatible
- 恬愉之安 comfortably at peace
- 一夜之间(一夜之間) overnight
- 霄壤之别(霄壤之別) huge difference
- 义之所在(義之所在) justice is to be found everywhere
- 鱼水之欢(魚水之歡) the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple; sexual intercourse
- 后车之鉴(後車之鑒) warning to the following cart; don't follow the track of an overturned cart; draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake
- 私贩之禁(私販之禁) private sales prohibition
- 倒悬之危(倒懸之危) the crisis of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
- 天无绝人之路(天無絕人之路) Heaven never bars one's way; don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.
- 如簧之舌 a tongue like a reed; a glib tongue
- 少年之家 children's center; children's club
- 放之四海而皆准(放之四海而皆準) applicable anywhere
- 用武之地 ample scope for abilities; favorable position for the use of one's skills
- 走之儿(走之兒) name of of Kangxi radical 162
- 不法之言 words that are not exemplary
- 郎之万(郎之萬) Langevin (name)
- 床笫之私 intimate matters
- 听之任之(聽之任之) to take a laissez-faire attitude
- 恻隐之心(惻隱之心) compassion
- 安之若素 bear hardship with equanimity; regard wrongdoing with equanimity
- 天地之生万物(天地之生萬物) the myriad things that heaven and earth have given rise to
- 欲娶之 desired to marry her
- 见之实施(見之實施) to put into effect
- 等闲之辈(等閒之輩) (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with
- 失之毫厘，差之千里(失之毫釐，差之千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 一线之隔(一線之隔) a fine line; a fine distinction
- 走之底 name of of Kangxi radical 162
- 英雄无用武之地(英雄無用武之地) a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
- 等而下之 going from there to lower grades
- 上上之策 the best policy; the best thing one can do in the circumstances
- 四海之内(四海之內) all within the four seas
- 治人之道 the principle of ruling men
- 不费吹灰之力(不費吹灰之力) as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease
Also contained in
仲夏夜之梦 、 完璧之身 、 松锦之战 、 长平之战 、 祖冲之 、 应仁之乱 、 马邑之谋 、 刑名之学 、 萨尔浒之战 、 张之洞 、 王之涣
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 1824
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 1577
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 781
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 700
- 《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: 693
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 681
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 679
- 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 679
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 667
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 657