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支

zhī

a measure word for long thin things

HSK 3 · Topic “Nature and animals”
A single slender branch
Memory picture

Character

支 zhī

Strokes
4
Radical
支 — to support, to sustain
Made of
十 ten, tenth 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我有一支笔。 Wǒ yǒu yì zhī bǐ. I have one pen.
  • 买两支笔。 Mǎi liǎng zhī bǐ. Buy two pens.
  • 这支歌好听。 Zhè zhī gē hǎotīng. This song sounds nice.

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