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之
zhī
Main
English Definition(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it
Simplified Script之
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinzhī
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping)zi1
Part of Speech(助) particle, (代) pronoun
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=6

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Words With Same Head Word    
之后zhīhòuafterwards; following; later; after
之间zhījiānbetween; among; inter-
之前zhīqiánbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
之类zhīlèiand so on; and such
之所以zhī suǒyǐ(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
Words With Same Tail Word    
总之zǒngzhīin a word; in short; in brief
总而言之zǒng éryán zhīin short; in a word; in brief
反之fǎnzhīon the other hand...; conversely...
分之fēnzhī(indicating a fraction)
取而代之qǔ ér dài zhīto substitute for somebody; to remove and replace
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