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枝

zhī

branch; measure word for long, thin objects

HSK 6 · Topic “Nature and Land”
A branch with green buds in a vase
Memory picture

Character

枝 zhī

Strokes
8
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 支 to support, to sustain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 春天一到，院子里的枣树长出了几枝新芽。 Chūntiān yí dào, yuànzi lǐ de zǎoshù zhǎng chū le jǐ zhī xīnyá. As soon as spring arrived, the jujube tree in the courtyard put out several new shoots.
  • 她在花瓶里插了一枝红梅。 Tā zài huāpíng lǐ chā le yì zhī hóngméi. She put a sprig of red plum blossom in the vase.
  • 一只小鸟站在高高的枝头唱歌。 Yì zhī xiǎoniǎo zhàn zài gāogāo de zhītóu chàng gē. A little bird stands on a high branch singing.

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