枝 zhī

1. zhī noun a branch; a twig
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: Same as 支, in the sense of 枝条 (Guoyu '枝' n 1; Kroll 2015 '枝' 1; NCCED '枝' 1; Unihan '枝')
2. zhī measure word branch; stick
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: This measure word is used for 1. rod or stick shaped things, such as 毛笔 'writing brush' and 2. 花 flowers with a stem (Guoyu '枝' n 4; Kroll 2015 '枝' 2; NCCED '枝' 2).
3. zhī noun a limb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as 肢 (Guoyu '枝' n 3; Unihan '枝')
4. zhī verb to branch off
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: (Unihan '枝')
5. zhī noun a branch from the same source
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Such as a branch of a school or sect (Guoyu '枝' n 2)
6. zhī proper noun Zhi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '枝' n 5)
7. zhī adjective divergent; not pertinent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不中肯 (Guoyu '枝' adj)
8. qí noun a toe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 脚趾 (Guoyu '枝' qí)

Contained in

• 有枝有叶(有枝有葉) to become bogged down in the details
• 枝桠(枝椏) a forking branch of a tree
• 反掌折枝 to close the hand and break a branch
• 强干弱枝(強幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
• 剪枝 to prune (branches etc)
• 鹪鹩一枝(鷦鷯一枝) to want as little as a wren
• 棕枝全日 Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
• 枝干(枝幹) main trunk and branches
• 强本弱枝(強本弱枝) to strengthen the core and weaken the branches
• 横生枝节(橫生枝節) to deliberately complicate an issue
• 裸枝树(裸枝樹) Chinese redbud
• 连枝(連枝) connected branches ; brothers
• 远门近枝(遠門近枝) near and distant relatives
• 花枝招展 lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze; gorgeously dressed (woman)
• 荔枝 litchi or lychee
• 树枝(樹枝) a branch; a twig
• 番荔枝 custard apple; soursop (Annonaceae)
• 强榦弱枝(強榦弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
• 枝节横生(枝節橫生) side issues keep arising
• 橄榄枝(橄欖枝) olive branch; symbol of peace
• 折枝 to snap a branch ; a painting technique
• 接枝 to graft [a plant] ; (tree) graft
• 桂枝 cinnamon
• 节外生枝(節外生枝) a new branch grows out of a knot; new issues keep arising
• 缠枝 interlaced design
• 一枝花 two, three, four ; yi zhi hua
• 枝叶扶疏(枝葉扶疏) luxuriant vegetation
• 攀枝花 kapok (tree) ; Panzihua
• 枝解 variant of 肢解
• 枝条(枝條) branch; twig; stem ; a branch of a school or sect
• 枝蔓 branches and shoots
• 细枝末节(細枝末節) minor details; trifles
• 枝节(枝節) branches and knots
• 本固枝荣(本固枝榮) when the root is firm, the branches flourish
• 枝叶(枝葉) branch and leaf
• 枝子 twig; branch
• 分枝 branch
• 粗枝大叶(粗枝大葉) thick stems and broad leaves; boorish; rough and ready; sloppy
• 蘖枝(櫱枝) branch stem
• 傲霜枝 a branch that has withstood the frost
• 一枝独秀(一枝獨秀) only one branch of the tree is thriving; to be in a league of one's own; outstanding

Also contained in

枝城镇 、 北枝里 、 枝城 、 黄枝 、 善枝 、 六枝特区 、 枝江市 、 攀枝花地区 、 枝江 、 无枝拔

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
• 卷六十三 志第十六 五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 16
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
• 卷七十三下　　　表第十三下　宰相世系三下 Volume 73b Tables 18: Chancellors Genealogy 3b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12
• 第四十回 Chapter 40 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 11
• 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V Guanzi 管子 — count: 11
• 第三十五回 Chapter 35 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 11
• 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• 第十三回 Chapter 13 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10

Collocations

• 栾枝 (欒枝) 讓於欒枝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
• 离枝 (離枝) 今寡人欲北舉事孤竹離枝 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I — count: 9
• 枝曰 (枝曰) 公謂公孫枝曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 枝属 (枝屬) 諸項氏枝屬 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 5
• 木枝 (木枝) 猿狖顛蹶而失木枝 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 5
• 枝格 (枝格) 枝格之屬 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 4
• 枝万 (枝萬) 連千枝萬葉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 3
• 琼枝 (瓊枝) 佩夜光與瓊枝 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 3
• 使枝 (使枝) 使枝如子躬聘于鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 千枝 (千枝) 連千枝萬葉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 3