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之

  • zhī (zhi¹) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄓ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zi¹ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • зы (zɨ, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • zi¹ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • zi¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • zi¹ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • chṳ̂ Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • zi¹ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • ci̿ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • cĭ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • chi Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ze¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ¹tsy Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • ¹tsyu Wu, Northern, Wugniu
  • zhr¹ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • zhī Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • jhih Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chih¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • jr̄ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • jy Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • чжи Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • z Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
  • /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA

Where it comes from

會意漢字：止 (“足”) + 一 (“起始點”) ；對照義項“往”。

限定代詞

往

釋義 㞢 · 𠔇 · 𡳿 · の

  1. literary 的 生命之道
  2. 前面的詞修飾後面的詞 尺寸之功
  3. 使前方語素被後方語素專門化或限定化的助詞 五穀者，種之美者也。
  4. archaic 表示從句的主謂結構中綴的助詞 我周之東遷，晉、鄭是依。
  5. obsolete 此；這個 之子于歸。
  6. obsolete 萌芽，出現 如語焉而未之然。
  7. literary 往 吾欲之楚。
  8. literary 第三人稱代詞：他 取而代之

Similar: 的, 嘅, 個, 嗰, 仂, 其, 个, 兮, 伊₁, 彼, 厥, 渠, 夫, 乃, 他, 怹, 伢, 家, 那, 他家, 佢, 惹, 渠仂, 渠儂, 渠郎, 使, 𠇼, 伊₂, 是渠, 是伊

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 的, 嘅, 個, 嗰, 仂, 其, 个, 兮, 伊₁, 彼, 厥, 渠, 夫, 乃, 他, 怹, 伢, 家, 那, 他家, 佢, 惹, 渠仂, 渠儂, 渠郎, 使, 𠇼, 伊₂, 是渠, 是伊

In English

  • it subject — inanimate thing
  • -'s possessive marker

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"之." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%B9%8B. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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之. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%B9%8B

Chicago

"之." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%B9%8B.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {之},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E4%B9%8B},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}