枝 zhī
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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') -
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). -
zhī
noun
a limb
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 肢 (Guoyu '枝' n 3; Unihan '枝') -
zhī
verb
to branch off
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: (Unihan '枝') -
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) -
zhī
proper noun
Zhi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '枝' n 5) -
zhī
adjective
divergent; not pertinent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不中肯 (Guoyu '枝' adj) -
qí
noun
a toe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 脚趾 (Guoyu '枝' qí)
Contained in
- 枝节横生(枝節橫生) side issues keep arising
- 鹪鹩一枝(鷦鷯一枝) to want as little as a wren
- 蘖枝(櫱枝) branch stem
- 接枝 to graft [a plant] ; (tree) graft
- 强榦弱枝(強榦弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
- 本固枝荣(本固枝榮) when the root is firm, the branches flourish
- 桂枝 cinnamon
- 细枝末节(細枝末節) minor details; trifles
- 枝晶 dendrite (crystallography)
- 强本弱枝(強本弱枝) to strengthen the core and weaken the branches
- 金枝玉叶(金枝玉葉) golden branch, jade leaves; blue-blooded nobility, especially imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
- 越鸟巢南枝(越鳥巢南枝) the bird from Yüeh nests on the Southern branch
- 连枝(連枝) connected branches ; brothers
- 花枝招展 lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze; gorgeously dressed (woman)
- 枝叶(枝葉) branch and leaf
- 棕枝主日 Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
- 枝解 variant of 肢解
- 粗枝大叶(粗枝大葉) thick stems and broad leaves; boorish; rough and ready; sloppy
- 花枝 a flowering branch
- 剪枝 to prune (branches etc)
- 橄榄枝(橄欖枝) olive branch; symbol of peace
- 水横枝(水橫枝) cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), especially grown as bonsai
- 节上生枝(節上生枝) a new branch grows out of a joint; new issues keep arising
- 折枝 to snap a branch ; a painting technique
- 在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿做连理枝(在天願做比翼鳥,在地願做連理枝) In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined
- 树枝状晶(樹枝狀晶) dendrite (crystallography)
- 树枝(樹枝) a branch; a twig
- 裸枝树(裸枝樹) Chinese redbud
- 攀枝花 kapok (tree) ; Panzihua
- 四枝 all four limbs
- 枝末 the tip of a branch
- 强干弱枝(強幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
- 缠枝 interlaced design
- 彊干弱枝(彊幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
- 枝子 twig; branch
- 分枝 branch
- 远门近枝(遠門近枝) near and distant relatives
- 枝叶扶疏(枝葉扶疏) luxuriant vegetation
- 枪枝(槍枝) a gun; guns
- 荔枝 litchi; lychee
- 节外生枝(節外生枝) a new branch grows out of a knot; new issues keep arising
- 枝蔓 branches and shoots
Also contained in
攀枝花地区 、 黄枝 、 北枝里 、 枝城镇 、 攀枝花市 、 祝枝山 、 无枝拔 、 枝江市 、 枝城
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
- 第二回 Chapter 50 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
- 卷三百二十六 列傳第二百十四 外國七 Volume 326 Biographies 214: Foreign States 7 History of Ming 明史 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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