之 zhī
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zhī
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). -
zhī
particle
used between a modifier and a word to form a word group
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
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). -
zhī
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) -
zhī
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). -
zhī
particle
genetive marker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
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) -
zhī
pronoun
it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 其 (Guoyu '之' pronoun 2; XHZD '之' 3, p. 974) -
zhī
preposition
in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 于 (Guoyu '之' prep 2) -
zhī
preposition
all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 诸 (Guoyu '之' prep 3) -
zhī
conjunction
and
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 与 (Guoyu '之' conj 1) -
zhī
conjunction
however
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 而 (Guoyu '之' conj 2) -
zhī
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 如果 (Guoyu '之' conj 3) -
zhī
conjunction
then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '之' conj 5) -
zhī
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) -
zhī
verb
is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '之' v 3) -
zhī
verb
to use
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取用 (Guoyu '之' v 4) -
zhī
proper noun
Zhi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '之' n)
Contained in
- 问善之最以赎其苦(問善之最以贖其苦) asked what was the best way to redeem her suffering
- 无上正觉之心(無上正覺之心) aspiration for unexcelled enlightenment
- 中英对照佛学丛书:经典之部(中英對照佛學叢書:經典之部) Bilingual Buddhist Series: Sutras & Scriptures
- 呼吸之间(呼吸之間) The time in between inhaling and exhaling?
- 成佛之道 The Way to Buddhahood
- 滴水之恩,湧泉以报(滴水之恩,湧泉以報) Repay the kindness of a drop of water with a fountain.
- 南天祖承摩醯首罗之文(南天祖承摩醯首羅之文) in Southern India the script of Maheshvara was passed down
Also contained in
忘路之远近 、 不能得地之利 、 断袖之癖 、 楊衒之 、 难言之隐 、 当之 、 井蛙之见 、 见之实施 、 巧妇难为无米之炊 、 一面之词 、 一日之计在于晨 、 久而久之 、 天渊之别 、 交臂失之 、 杨显之 、 嗟来之食 、 低俗之风 、 天假之年 、 善恶之报 、 公之于众 、 衰之以属 、 明智之举 、 一技之长 、 长阪坡之战 、 一夜之间 、 上上之策 、 仲虺之诰 、 在这之前 、 之前 、 伯仲之间 、 靡靡之音 、 清廉之化流 、 切直之言 、 杯中之物 、 点睛之笔 、 土木堡之变 、 祁奚之荐 、 称之为 、 呼之即来 、 惊弓之鸟 、 胯下之辱 、 不白之冤 、 夫风者,天地之气 、 善败之端
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: 1106
- Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 975
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 955
- 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: 642
- 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 Defining the Image - Measurements in Image-Making (Fo Shuo Zaoxiang Liangdu Jing Jie) 佛說造像量度經解 — count: 600 , has English translation , has parallel version