只 - zhī - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
5 strokes
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只 (隻)

zhī

Definition

classifier (for birds and certain animals)
一只猫

A cat
measure word

Other pronunciations

只	zhǐ	only merely just but
只	zhǐ	but only
只	zhǐ	only just merely

Character Decomposition

Compounds (13)

识

shí

to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]

积

jī

to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing

office; duty

to weave; to knit

to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious

枳

zhǐ

(orange); hedge thorn

flag

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

轵

zhǐ

end of axle outside of hub

识

zhì

to record; to write a footnote

胑

zhī

wings of birds; legs of animals

to display the teeth

if only; so long as; (contraction of 只 and 要)

Related words (14)

alone; by oneself

see 独具只眼

big

cow; cattle

warship

ship; boat; vessel

pickpocket

see 独具只眼

lonely soul; solitary

跳一只脚

tiào yī zhī jiǎo

to hop on one leg

脚踏两只船

jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuán

to have a foot in both camps; to have a bet each way; to be having an affair

脚踩两只船

jiǎo cǎi liǎng zhī chuán

see 脚踏两只船

睁只眼闭只眼

zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn

to turn a blind eye

睁一只眼闭一只眼

zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎn

to turn a blind eye

Idioms (5)

只字不提

zhī zì bù tí

not to mention (idiom); to say not one word; (fig.) to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor

只鸡斗酒

zhī jī dǒu jiǔ

(lit.) a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests

孤身只影

gū shēn zhī yǐng

(lit.) a lonely body with only a shadow for company; to be all alone (idiom)

斗酒只鸡

dǒu jiǔ zhī jī

(lit.) a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests

独具只眼

dú jù zhī yǎn

to see what others fail to see (idiom); to have exceptional insight

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