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(zhì) - to, until, to arrive, utmost in Mandarin

zhì

Traditional: 至

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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

Stroke order for 至

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Examples

营yíng业yè九jiǔ。

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shēn。

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).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 至.

甚至shèn zhìeven, even to the extent that至少zhì shǎoat least

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This word is part of lesson 38.