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; Mathews 1931 '枝', p. 130; 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: (Mathews 1931 '枝', p. 130; 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 an extra toe; an extra finger
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 脚趾 (Guoyu '枝' qí; Mathews 1931 '枝', p. 131)
9. zhī verb to prop up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '枝', p. 130)

Contained in

• 节外生枝(節外生枝) a new branch grows out of a knot; new issues keep arising
• 树枝状晶(樹枝狀晶) dendrite (crystallography)
• 枝节横生(枝節橫生) side issues keep arising
• 横生枝节(橫生枝節) to deliberately complicate an issue
• 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
• 枝子 twig; branch
• 生有枝指 born with extra toes or fingers
• 枝桠(枝椏) a forking branch of a tree
• 枝栖(枝棲) a bird perching on a branch; to keep a position
• 树枝(樹枝) a branch; a twig
• 枝解 variant of 肢解
• 枝条(枝條) branch; twig; stem ; a branch of a school or sect
• 蘖枝(櫱枝) branch stem
• 枝路 branch road
• 枝叶(枝葉) branches and leaves ; non-essentials ; descendants ; a side issue ; additional revenue from officials extorting people
• 分枝 branch
• 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
• 强干弱枝(強幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
• 枝指 extra toes or fingers
• 桂枝 cinnamon
• 枝节(枝節) branches and knots ; side issues; secondary issues ; opportunities
• 枝梢 the tip of a branch
• 枝水 tributary
• 四枝 all four limbs
• 枝蔓 branches and tendrils ; overcomplicated; verbose ; scattered
• 强本弱枝(強本弱枝) to strengthen the core and weaken the branches
• 细枝末节(細枝末節) minor details; trifles
• 枝晶 dendrite (crystallography)
• 彊干弱枝(彊幹弱枝) to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
• 枝末 the tip of a branch
• 远门近枝(遠門近枝) near and distant relatives
• 番荔枝 custard apple; soursop (Annonaceae)
• 枝撑(枝撐) to prop up
• 反掌折枝 to close the hand and break a branch
• 宗枝 branches of the same clan
• 棕枝全日 Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
• 橄榄枝(橄欖枝) olive branch; symbol of peace
• 枪枝(槍枝) a gun; guns
• 枝梧 to resist
• 棕枝主日 Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
• 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
• 一枝花 two, three, four ; yi zhi hua
• 有枝有叶(有枝有葉) to become bogged down in the details
• 节上生枝(節上生枝) a new branch grows out of a joint; new issues keep arising

Also contained in

北枝里 、 枝江 、 枝江市 、 攀枝花市 、 攀枝花地区 、 无枝拔

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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
• 輕重戊第八十四 Chapter 84: Weight V Guanzi 管子 — count: 11
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 第四十回 Chapter 40 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 11
• 第三十五回 Chapter 35 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 11
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — 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
• 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: 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: 6
• 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
• 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
• 枝柱 (枝柱) 而漢中淫失枝柱 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八下 地理志 Volume 28b: Treatise on Geography 2 — count: 3