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Etymology
A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of 止
Meanings
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
him
her
it
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Words with 之 1250 total
on the other hand... · conversely...反之fǎn zhīmoreover; in addition to that加之jiā zhīfor a long time久之jiǔ zhīin a moment · shortly after顷之qǐng zhīin brief · in a word要之yào zhīafter; behind · (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then之后zhī hòubefore · prior to · ago · previously · beforehand之前zhī qiánin a word · in short · in brief总之zǒng zhīone of (sth) · one out of a multitude · one (third, quarter, percent etc)之一zhī yīabove之上zhī shàngunder · beneath · less than之下zhī xiàinside · among · in the midst of (doing sth) · during之中zhī zhōnginside; within之内zhī nèioutside · excluding之外zhī wàiextremely之至zhī zhì(after a noun) between; among; amid · (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. tán zhǐ zhī jiān)之间zhī jiānduring · at the time of之际zhī jìand so on · and such之类zhī lèi(indicating a fraction)分之fēn zhīto inform; to notify告之gào zhīfor this reason因之yīn zhīRitz (cracker brand)乐之Lè zhīto rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc)次之cì zhī(neologism) (slang) (attributive) mysterious; enigmatic (calque from Japanese 謎の "nazo no")谜之mí zhī
Idioms with 之 1321 total Chain
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