Usage of the character 支

surname Zhi

zhī

支

[支]

to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

zhīqián

支前

[支前]

to support the front (military)

zhīzú

支族

[支族]

subfamily

fēnzhī

分支

[分支]

branch (of company, river etc)
to branch
to diverge
to ramify
to subdivide

zhībiān

支边

[支邊]

to help develop the border areas

Zhīnà

支那

[支那]

phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory

zhīdiàn

支店

[支店]

branch store

zhīchí

支持

[支持]

to be in favor of
to support
to back
support
backing
to stand by
CL:個／个 (gè)

chángzhī

肠支

[腸支]

cecum

zhīyìng

支应

[支應]

to deal with
to wait on
to provide for

zhīchū

支出

[支出]

to spend; to pay out
expenses; expenditure

qiāngzhī

枪支

[槍支]

a gun
guns in general

zhīháng

支行

[支行]

subbranch of a bank

zhīshǐ

支使

[支使]

to order (sb) around
to send on an errand; to send away

yǔzhī

语支

[語支]

language branch

zhīzǐ

支子

[支子]

son of a concubine or son of the wife other than her first

zhīshū

支书

[支書]

branch secretary
secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League
abbr. for 支部書記／支部书记

jiézhī

节支

[節支]

to save on expenditure

zhīlí

支离

[支離]

fragmented
disorganized
incoherent

zhībù

支部

[支部]

branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party

zhīchēng

支撑

[支撐]

to prop up
to support
strut
brace

zhīzuò

支座

[支座]

abutment

zhīzhāo

支招

[支招]

to give advice
to make a suggestion
to help out

zhījià

支架

[支架]

trestle
support
frame
to prop sth up

zhīzhù

支柱

[支柱]

mainstay
pillar
prop
backbone

zhīqǔ

支取

[支取]

to withdraw (money)

zhīliú

支流

[支流]

tributary (river)

zhīwu

支吾

[支吾]

to respond evasively or vaguely
to elude
to stall

zhīzǒu

支走

[支走]

to send sb away (with an excuse)

zhījiě

支解

[支解]

variant of 肢解 (zhījiě)

tòuzhī

透支

[透支]

(banking) to overdraw
to take out an overdraft
an overdraft
to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
(old) to draw one's wage in advance
(fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)
to damage a natural resource through overuse

shāzhī

纱支

[紗支]

(textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn)
(sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)

zhīkāi

支开

[支開]

to send (sb) away
to change the subject
to open (an umbrella etc)

zhīxì

支系

[支系]

branch or subdivision of a family

zhīdiǎn

支点

[支點]

fulcrum (for a lever)

zhīyuán

支援

[支援]

to provide assistance
to support
to back

gānzhī

干支

[干支]

the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān) and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
sexagenary cycle

zhīkǒng

支恐

[支恐]

to support terrorism
abbr. for 支持恐怖主義／支持恐怖主义 (zhīchíkǒngbùzhǔyì)

bùzhī

不支

[不支]

to be unable to endure

diànzhī

垫支

[墊支]

to advance funds

zhīduì

支队

[支隊]

detachment (of troops)

zhīgēn

支根

[支根]

branching root
rootlet

zhīfù

支付

[支付]

to pay (money)

zhīwú

支吾

[支吾]

to resist
to deal with

zhīzi

支子

[支子]

support
stand
trivet
(cooking utensil) gridiron
(variant of 梔子／栀子 (zhīzi)) cape jasmine

chāozhī

超支

[超支]

to overspend

zhīpiào

支票

[支票]

check (bank)
cheque
CL:本 (běn)

tuō Zhī

脱支

[脫支]

de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture

jièzhī

借支

[借支]

to get an advance on one's pay

zhījiào

支教

[支教]

program bringing education to underdeveloped areas
to work in such a program

zhīguāng

支光

[支光]

watt, unit of power used for electric bulbs

zhīxiàn

支线

[支線]

branch line
side road
spur
fig. secondary plot (in a story)

Yìn Zhī

印支

[印支]

abbr. for 印度支那 ( Yìndùzhīnà)

shōuzhī

收支

[收支]

cash flow
financial balance
income and expenditure

zhīpèi

支配

[支配]

to control
to dominate
to allocate

zhīchāi

支差

[支差]

to assign corvée duties (forced labor)

kāizhī

开支

[開支]

expenditures; expenses (CL:筆／笔 (bǐ),項／项 (xiàng))
to spend money
(coll.) to pay wages

zhīchéng

支承

[支承]

to support
to bear the weight of (a building)

yùzhī

预支

[預支]

to pay in advance
to get payment in advance

Yuèzhī

月支

[月支]

the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏 ( Yuèzhī))

dìzhī

地支

[地支]

the 12 earthly branches 子 (zǐ), 丑 (chǒu), 寅 (yín), 卯 (mǎo), 辰 (chén), 巳 (sì), 午 (wǔ), 未 (wèi), 申 (shēn), 酉 (yǒu), 戌 (xū), 亥 (hài), used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

zhīqìguǎn

支气管

[支氣管]