之 zhī
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pronoun
him / her / them / that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 之 may be used as a third person pronoun in Literary Chinese in the sense of 他 or 彼. Its use in this sense is confined to being an object of a verb (Guoyu '之' pronoun 1; Kroll 2015 '之' 1, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; XHZD '之' 2, p. 974). -
particle
used between a modifier and a word to form a word group
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: 1. used between a modifier and a word to form a word group a. to express a subordinate relation; b. to express an ordinate decorative function; 2. Used between a subject and predicate to unify them. In Literary Chinese, 之 is placed between a noun and a verb phrase in the pattern 'N 之 VP' to nominalize it. The verb phrase becomes nominalized, somewhat like an English gerund (Guoyu '之' particle; Kroll 2015 '之' 2, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 64; Rouzer 2007, p. 13; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 973; XHZD '之' 1, p. 974). -
verb
to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A transitive verb with the object being the destination of travel, in the sense of 往 (Guoyu '之' v 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; Rouzer 2007, p. 13) -
pronoun
this / that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A demonstrative pronoun, similar to the modern Chinese 这 or 那. This sense is rarely used, with use mostly confined to the Shijing and Zhuangzi (Guoyu '之' pronoun 3; Kroll 2015 '之' 1a, p. 603; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 79; XHZD '之' 4, p. 974). -
particle
genetive marker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: Equivalent to 的 in modern Chinese; for example, 孝弟也者，其為仁之本與 'Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions?.' (Lunyu 1:2; Guoyu '之' prep. 1; Kroll 2015 '之' 2a, p. 603; Rouzer 2007, p. 13) -
pronoun
it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2; XHZD '之' 3, p. 974) -
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2) -
preposition
all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3) -
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1) -
conjunction
however
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2) -
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3) -
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5) -
verb
to arrive / to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 至 or 到 (Kroll 2015 '之' 4, p. 603; Guoyu '之' v 3; XHZD '之' 5, p. 974) -
verb
is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '之' v 3) -
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取用 (Guoyu '之' v 4) -
proper noun
Zhi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)
Contained in
- 藏传佛教顿渐之争(藏傳佛教頓漸之爭) the debate over sudden and gradual in Tibetan Buddhism
- 共命之鸟(共命之鳥) a jivajivaka bird
Also contained in
置之不理 、 一时之选 、 一时之秀 、 不败之地 、 美国之音 、 之间 、 之后 、 之外 、 之前 、 之际 、 百分之 、 之一 、 三分之二 、 在此之前 、 当之无愧 、 差之毫厘，失之千里 、 伤弓之鸟 、 之类 、 王羲之 、 王之涣 、 之中 、 分之 、 之上 、 之下 、 总之 、 之内 、 总而言之 、 霸王之道 、 不正之风 、 除此之外 、 反之 、 敬而远之 、 一技之长 、 斧钺之诛 、 鸣条之战 、 安史之乱 、 行之有效 、 招之即来 、 后顾之忧 、 老吾老以及人之老 、 幼吾幼以及人之幼 、 建之旁 、 走之儿 、 逃之夭夭 、 置之死地而后生 、 身外之物 、 不治之症 、 黄巾之乱 、 八王之乱
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 1108
- Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 977
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 957
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 894
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 834
- Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 816
- Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 《止觀輔行傳弘決》 — count: 645
- Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 617
- Scroll 22 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 《佛祖歷代通載》 — count: 609
- Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie 《佛說造像量度經解》 — count: 600