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支

  • zhī (zhi¹) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄓ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zi¹ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • җы (žɨ, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • zi¹ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • zi¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • zi¹ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • kî Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • chṳ̂ Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • gi¹ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • zi¹ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • zi¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • cí Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • ciĕ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • ki Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chi Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • gi¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • zin¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ¹tsy Wu, Shanghai, 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

Where it comes from

會意漢字：又 (“手”) + 十 (“(竹的一半) 竹子的分支”) – 用手折斷竹子的分支。

釋義

  1. 支

In English

  • branch woody part of a tree arising from the trunk
  • Chink offensive: Chinese person

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MLA

"支." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%94%AF. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

支. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%94%AF

Chicago

"支." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%94%AF.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {支},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%94%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}