至
zhìTraditional: 至
Translation
to, until, to arrive, utmost
Word origin
Originally a pictograph showing an arrow reaching the ground, meaning to arrive, from which the sense of up to or until developed.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 至 (an arrow reaching the ground, to arrive)
Stroke order
至
Examples
营业九。
The opening hours are from nine to five.
。
Our relationship is good to this day.
。
We have to wait at least one hour.
。
This matter is of the utmost importance.
深。
The match will continue until late at night.
至 (zhì) means to arrive and, as a preposition, up to or until, marking the end point of a range as in 从...至... It also appears in set phrases such as 至少 (at least) and 至于 (as for).
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 至.
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