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
- 弊垢之衣 worn and dirty robe
- 工射之人 a master of archery
- 佛光山之歌 The Song of Fo Guang Shan
- 如来根本之义(如來根本之義) the basic meaning of the teachings of the Tathāgata
- 向道之心 commitment to the path
- 如来之日加持(如來之日加持) empowered by the Tathāgata's sun
- 1. 合抱之木 生于幼苗 2. 穿石之水 始于涓滴 3. 成功之基 奠于勤劳 4. 悟道之缘 在于用心(1. 合抱之木 生於幼苗 2. 穿石之水 始於涓滴 3. 成功之基 奠於勤勞 4. 悟道之緣 在於用心) A giant tree comes from tiny sprouts. Water that wears through rock comes from a stream of droplets. Success comes from a foundation built by diligence. Conditions for awakening come from commitment.
Also contained in
欲击之 、 可取之处 、 因父之名 、 六分之一 、 失之毫厘,谬以千里 、 芝兰之室 、 国中之国 、 江酌之喜 、 贞观之治 、 仲夏夜之梦 、 义之所在 、 前车之覆,后车之鉴 、 舞于松柏之下 、 天下之忧 、 当之有愧 、 拟古之作 、 听之任之 、 星星之火,可以燎原 、 天地之符 、 爱之如命 、 无谗贼妒疾之人 、 一念之差 、 挈瓶之知 、 后顾之忧 、 先王之乐 、 失之毫厘,差之千里 、 明主虑之 、 随之 、 大方之家 、 不败之地 、 置之死地而后生 、 不登大雅之堂 、 一之为甚 、 呼之即来 、 有识之士 、 走之底 、 堂而皇之 、 五分之一 、 点睛之笔 、 当之无愧 、 付之行动 、 处世之道 、 置之死地 、 天渊之别
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