支 (zhī)
measure word for long, thin objects (phones, pens); to support
How 支 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 支
- Simplified
- 支 (unchanged)
Common words using 支
- 支持 zhīchí
- to be in favor of; to support; to back
- 支付 zhīfù
- to pay (money)
- 支援 zhīyuán
- to provide assistance; to support; to back
- 支撐 zhīchēng
- to prop up; to support; strut
- 透支 tòuzhī
- (bank) overdraft
- 不支 bùzhī
- to be unable to endure
- 俾路支省 bǐlùzhīshěng
- Balochistan (Pakistan)
- 借支 jièzhī
- to get an advance on one's pay
- 分支 fēnzhī
- branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge
- 地支 dìzhī
- the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
- 干支 gānzhī
- the 10 heavenly stems 十天干 and 12 earthly branches 十二枝; sexagenary cycle
- 支出 zhīchū
- to spend; to pay out; expense
支 in a sentence
我最近買了一支新手機。
Wǒ zuìjìn mǎi le yì zhī xīn shǒujī.
“I recently bought a new mobile phone.”
How common is 支?
支 is the 437th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 72.9% of all running text.
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