Kilo Lingo

之

zhī

Traditional: 之

HSK 5
#412 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

classical possessive or linking particle

Stroke order

Stroke order for 之

之

Examples

优yōu秀xiù。

He is one of the best.

。

This is what I love.

。

He is one of my friends.

。

He is my friend.

。

One third of the students did not come.

之 (zhī) - classical possessive or linking particle.

Related words

夫人

madam, lady, wife (formal address)

裏

inside, in, within (classical or formal)

麻烦

trouble, hassle; troublesome, inconvenient

愿意

to be willing to, to want to

Appears in 4 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 之.

之前zhī qiánbefore, prior to之后zhī hòuafter, afterwards, thereafter之间zhī jiānbetween, among之一zhī yīone of

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 9.