之
Meanings
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- 1.(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
- 2.him
- 3.her
- 4.it
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Wiktionary
- 1.to go
- 2.to sprout; to come about
- 3.this; these
- 4.Genitive or attributive marker
- 5.Indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one.
- 6.Indicates that the previous word modifies the next one.
- 7.particle indicating that the preceding element is specialised or qualified by the next
- 8.Particle infixed in a subject-predicate construct acting as a nominalizer or indicating a subordinate clause.
- 9.The third-person pronoun: him, her, it, them, when it appears in a non-subject position in the sentence.
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 止 (“foot”) + 一 (“the beginning place”), originally written as 㞢; compound meaning “to go”. Hence, the character was similar to 出. Eventually, the footprint pointing upwards became a point, as in the right component of 往 (which, in this case, is unrelated to 主). See also 帀, which probably comes from the inverted version of 㞢. See also 乏, which is thought to derive from a modification of the upper component 一. ; demonstrative pronoun "this; he; she; it" ; "to go; to proceed"
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Components
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Example sentences
藏在車子之間。
Hide between the cars.
我信鬼神之说。
I believe in ghosts.
初生之犢不畏虎。
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
狮子是丛林之王。
The lion is the king of the jungle.
湯姆知道不同之處。
Tom knows the difference.
在兩者之間做選擇。
Choose between the two.
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