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Meaning of 支

Pinyin zhī

Radical

支

Strokes

Definition

(a measure word) / to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money

Usage

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支 [zhī] 名词 (Noun) 1. 撑持，伸出，竖起。 (To support, extend, or raise.) 2. 受得住。 (To withstand.) 3. 领款或付款。 (To collect or pay money.) 4. 调度，指使。 (To dispatch or direct.) 5. 附属于总体的一个部分。 (A part belonging to a whole.) 6. 〔地～〕历法中用的十二个字。 (Earthly Branches: twelve characters used in the calendar.) 7. 量词。 (A measure word.) 支 [zhī] 动词 (Verb) 1. 支撑。 (To prop up; put up; support.) 2. 支持; 支援; 支助。 (To support; assist; help.) 3. 支付; 领取。 (To pay; to receive.) 4. 支开，支派。 (To send out.) 5. 处理; 应付。 (To handle; to cope with.) 6. 分，分散。 (To disperse.) 7. 〈方〉支吾搪塞。 (To waffle.) 8. 抗拒。 (To resist.) 支 [zhī] 量词 (Measure Word) 1. 用于计杆状物品。 (Used for counting rod-like objects.) 2. 用于计队伍等。 (Used for counting teams.) 3. 用于计歌曲、乐曲等。 (Used for counting songs or musical pieces.) 4. 用于计电灯的光度，即电的功率的瓦数。 (Used for counting the luminosity of light bulbs, i.e., wattage.) 支 [zhī] 名词 (Noun) 1. 【本义】去枝的竹子。 (Original meaning: bamboo without branches.) 【引】 (Quotation) 1. 《说文》：支，去竹之枝也。从手持半竹。 (From "Shuowen": "支" means bamboo without branches, with a representation of a hand holding half of the bamboo.) 2. 枝条。后作“枝”。 (Twig or branch later became "枝".) 例：如: 支调 (branching); 支蘖 (side shoots); 支辅 (supporting branches). 3. 分支。 (Branch or offshoot.) 4. 复杂整体中的一部分。 (A part of a complex whole.) 例：如: 支店; 支军，支兵 (troops aside from the main force). 5. 支流。 (Tributary.) 例：如: 支川. 6. 祖宗支系。 (Ancestral lineage.) 7. 支，线及棉纱等的粗细单位。 (Measure of thickness for threads, yarns, etc.) 8. 地支的简称。 (Abbreviation for Earthly Branches.) 9. 通“肢”。 (Also means "limbs".) 10. 姓。 (A surname.)

支吾 zhī wú

to resist / to deal with

支墩 zhī dūn

buttress / abanurus

支持 zhī chí

to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL:個|个[ge4]

支援 zhī yuán

to provide assistance / to support / to back

支撑 zhī chēng

to prop up / to support / strut / brace

支持者 zhī chí zhě

supporter

党支部 dǎng zhī bù

party branch

支撑点 zhī chēng diǎn

supporting point

支撑力 zhī chēng lì

braced force / holding power

支柱 zhī zhù

mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone

支配 zhī pèi

to control / to dominate / to allocate

一支 yī zhī

a / a piece of

支出 zhī chū

to spend / to pay out / expense

分支 fēn zhī

branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide

开支 kāi zhī

expenditures / expenses / CL:筆|笔[bi3], 項|项[xiang4] / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages

支流 zhī liú

tributary (river)

两支 liǎng zhī

two

支队 zhī duì

detachment (of troops)

支行 zhī háng

subbranch of a bank

支部 zhī bù

branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party

收支 shōu zhī

cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure

支书 zhī shū

branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记

支气管 zhī qì guǎn

bronchial tube / bronchus

支线 zhī xiàn

branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)

列支敦士登 Liè zhī dūn shì dēng

Liechtenstein

枪支 qiāng zhī

a gun / guns in general

俾路支 Bǐ lù zhī

Balochi (ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)

俾路支省 Bǐ lù zhī shěng

Balochistan (Pakistan)

支渠 zhī qú

distributary / lateral / branch canal

支气管炎 zhī qì guǎn yán

bronchitis

支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì

scattered and smashed (idiom)

支票 zhī piào

check (bank) / cheque / CL:本[ben3]

左支右绌 zuǒ zhī yòu chù

to be in straitened circumstances

支付 zhī fù

to pay (money)

收支平衡 shōu zhī píng héng

balance of payments / make both ends meet

透支 tòu zhī

(bank) overdraft

支链 zhī liàn

branch / branched chain / side chain