in English

zhī measure word HSK 1
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
zhǐ adverb HSK 3
only / merely / just

Measure word

  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 只 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 只 Show the animation
Le caractère 隻 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

  • Chu manuscripts: 只 Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
  • Small seal script: 只 Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • “一只猫?”老先生问。

    "A cat?" asked the old man.

  • Ken有两只猫。

    Ken has two cats.

  • Tatoeba: 因为语言意义不只是单字的总合。

    Tatoeba: Because a language is more than the sum of its words.

  • Tatoeba:这里的辩论比两只兔子在袜子里做爱还要激烈!

    Tatoeba: Where debates are hotter than two rabbits making babies in a sock!

  • Tom 有三只狗。

    Tom has three dogs.

  • Tom有三只猫。

    Tom has three cats.

  • 不,謝謝你。我只是四處看看。

    No, thank you. I'm just looking around.

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