之 zhī — him; it; that (object pronoun)
之
zhī zhi1
Basic definition
particle
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。象艸过屮。枝茎益大。本义:出,生出,滋长)
- grow
- go to;leave e.g 之如 · 之往 · 之官 · 之国 · 之适
pronoun
particle
- of
- 用在定语和中心词之间,表示领属关系或一般的修饰关系 e.g 钟鼓之声 · 一家之长 · 原因之一 · 夫子之文章
- 用于主谓结构之间,取消句子的独立性
- 用于实词与介词之间
adjective
- zigzag e.g 之江 · 之字路
Related words
- 之间 between; among
- 之后 after; afterwards
- 之一 one of
- 之中 within; among; amid
- 之前 before; prior to
- 之外 outside; beyond; in addition to; besides
- 之所以 (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
- 之下 under; below; beneath; under (the leadership of)
- 之际 at the time of; on the occasion of
- 总之 in a word; in short; in brief; anyway; in conclusion; to sum up
- 之内 within; inside; in (a period/range)
- 之上 above; on top of; over; beyond
- 称之为 to call (it); to refer to as; to name
- 加之 moreover/in addition to that
- 不正之风 unhealthy trend; corrupt practice
- 当务之急 the most urgent task at hand
- 反之 on the other hand.../conversely...
- 行之有效 effective; practicable and effective
- 来之不易 hard-won; not easily come by
- 之首 the head of; the foremost of