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; Kroll 2015 '之' 1, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; XHZD '之' 2, p. 974). -
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). -
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; Kroll 2015 '之' 1a, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; XHZD '之' 4, p. 974). -
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) -
pronoun
it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2; XHZD '之' 3, p. 974) -
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2) -
preposition
all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3) -
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1) -
conjunction
however
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2) -
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3) -
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5) -
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) -
verb
is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
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 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)
Contained in
- 断袖之癖(斷袖之癖) cut sleeve
- 万人之敌(萬人之敵) a match for ten thousand enemies
- 无谗贼妒疾之人(無讒賊妒疾之人) no people who slandered, stole, or harbored jealousy or hatred
- 之字路 zigzag road; switchback
- 悔之已晚 too late to be sorry
- 差之毫厘，谬以千里(差之毫釐，謬以千里) the slightest difference leads to a huge error; a miss is as good as a mile
- 鼓盆之戚 drumming on a bowl in grief
- 牧师之职(牧師之職) ministry
- 百分之 percent
- 有夫之妇(有夫之婦) married woman
- 斗牛士之歌(鬥牛士之歌) Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen
- 一线之间(一線之間) a hair's breadth apart; a fine line; a fine distinction
- 情急之下 in a moment of desperation
- 炸弹之母(炸彈之母) Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
- 大地之歌 Song of the Earth / Das Lied von der Erde
- 引玉之砖(引玉之磚) a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade
- 满口之乎者也(滿口之乎者也) mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics
- 天地之行 heaven and earth's conduct
- 脱缰之马(脫韁之馬) a horse that has thrown off the reins; runaway horse; out of control
- 平庸之辈(平庸之輩) a nobody; a nonentity
- 志之不忘(誌之不忘) to take a mental note, so as not to forget
- 漏网之鱼(漏網之魚) a fish that escaped the net; slip through the net
- 四分之一 one-quarter
- 公之于世 to announce to the world; to make public; to let everyone know
- 除此之外 apart from this; except; besides
- 百足之虫死而不僵(百足之蟲死而不僵) a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard
- 弃之如敝屣(棄之如敝屣) to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes
- 王羲之 Wang Xizhi
- 年之久 period of ... years
- 既来之，则安之(既來之，則安之) Since they have come, we should make them comfortable . Since we're here, take it easy.; Since this is so, we should accept it.; Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.
- 有妇之夫(有婦之夫) married man
- 循天之道 the way of following heaven
- 藏身之处(藏身之處) hiding place; hideout
- 知之甚微 to know very little about
- 国之大事(國之大事) of vital importance to the state
- 初生之犊不畏虎(初生之犢不畏虎) a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger; the fearlessness of youth
- 成人之美 the beauty of helping somebody else
- 取之不尽，用之不竭(取之不盡，用之不竭) limitless supply (of); inexhaustible
- 知人之明 recognizing talent
- 违心之言(違心之言) false assertion; speech against one's own convictions
- 在天之灵(在天之靈) soul and spirit of the deceased
- 事之所系(事之所繫) what binds everything together
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郭攸之 、 楊衒之 、 关之琳 、 八月之光 、 得意之作 、 二六之缘 、 王墓之谷 、 五子之歌 、 玄武门之变
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
- 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 679
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 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