MEANING/意义
      
  • zhī
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    rods; branch; pencils etc; thin objects; classifier for sticks; measure word for long
    Type classifier/量词; noun/名词; quantifier/量词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
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    chán rào yì zhī gāo .
      
    sound for pinyin
    The vines climb very high. (from a poem called “The Song of Grapes“, see葡萄歌) 

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    gān kū de shù zhī
      
    sound for pinyin
    withered branches
COMBINATIONS/组合
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    zhī zi
      
    sound for pinyin
    twig; branch (of a society, association, etc.) 

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    zhī jiāng
      
    sound for pinyin
    (Chinese liquor brand)  Zhijiang

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    zhī yè
      
    sound for pinyin
    branch and leaf

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    zhī tóu
      
    sound for pinyin
    top of a branch

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    zhī tiáo
      
    sound for pinyin
    twig; stem (of fruit) ; branch (of a society, association, etc.) 

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    guì zhī
      
    sound for pinyin
    Cassia Twig; (TCM)  Guizhi

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    guǒ zhī
      
    sound for pinyin
    fruit-bearing branch; boll-bearing branch (of the cotton plant) 

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    jiǎn zhī
      
    sound for pinyin
    to prune
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