Keyword
him
- marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase
- it
- him her
- them
- to go to
- Frequency
- #87
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
zhī100%
Mnemonic
A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of 止
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
之后
after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
之间
(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (tánzhǐzhījiān))
之前
before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
之一
one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
之中
inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
之外
outside; excluding
之下
under; beneath; less than
之类
and so on; and such
总之
in a word; in short; in brief
之所以
(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 (wǒzhīsuǒyǐtǎoyàntā) "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
之内
inside; within
之上
above
之际
during; at the time of
称之为
to call it...; known as...
除此之外
apart from this; in addition to this
随之
thereupon; subsequently; accordingly
反之
on the other hand...; conversely...
三分之一
one third
加之
moreover; in addition to that
四分之一
one-quarter
在此之前
before that; beforehand; previously
换言之
in other words
百分之百
a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely