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zhī

Main
English Definition	to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; measure word for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	支
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	zhī
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	zi¹
Part of Speech	(量) measure word
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=3,4 TOCFL=3

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Words With Same Head Word
支持	zhīchí	to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by
支出	zhīchū	to spend; to pay out; expense
支援	zhīyuán	to provide assistance; to support; to back
支票	zhīpiào	check (bank); cheque
支付	zhīfù	to pay (money)

Words With Same Tail Word
开支	kāizhī	expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
分支	fēnzhī	branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide
收支	shōuzhī	cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure
枪支	qiāngzhī	a gun; guns in general
透支	tòuzhī	(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue); (old) to draw one's wage in advance; (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc); to damage a natural resource through overuse

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