之

Pinyin: zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it

🏮 Chinese HSK 4 particle

Example sentence

她的心流露著感激之情。

Tā de xīnliú lù zhe gǎnjī zhī qíng.

Her heart flowed with gratitude.

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What 之 means

之 (zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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