Usage of the character 枝
zhī
枝
[枝]
- branch
- classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
zhīzi
枝子
[枝子]
- twig
- branch
Zhīchéng
枝城
[枝城]
- Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都 ( Yídū), Yichang 宜昌 ( Yíchāng), Hubei
qiāngzhī
枪枝
[槍枝]
- a gun
- guns in general
- same as 槍支／枪支
zhījīng
枝晶
[枝晶]
- abbr. of 樹枝狀晶／树枝状晶 (shùzhīzhuàngjīng)
lìzhī
荔枝
[荔枝]
- litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
zhījié
枝节
[枝節]
- branches and knots
- fig. side issue
- minor peripheral problem
zhīyā
枝枒
[枝枒]
- variant of 枝椏／枝桠 (zhīyā)
zhīyè
枝叶
[枝葉]
- branch and leaf
zhézhī
折枝
[折枝]
- massage
- snapped-off branch
- sprig
- to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
zhīyā
枝丫
[枝丫]
- variant of 枝椏／枝桠 (zhīyā)
zhījiě
枝解
[枝解]
- variant of 肢解 (zhījiě)
guìzhī
桂枝
[桂枝]
- cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
Zhījiāng
枝江
[枝江]
- Zhijiang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌 ( Yíchāng), Hubei
nièzhī
蘖枝
[櫱枝]
- branch stem
zhīmàn
枝蔓
[枝蔓]
- branches and tendrils
- fig. overcomplicated or digressive
zhītiáo
枝条
[枝條]
- branch
- twig
- stem
jiēzhī
接枝
[接枝]
- (tree) graft
zhīgàn
枝干
[枝幹]
- branch
- limb (of a tree)
zhīyā
枝桠
[枝椏]
- branch
- twig
huāzhī
花枝
[花枝]
- spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)
- cuttlefish (on dining menus)
- (literary) beautiful woman
shùzhī
树枝
[樹枝]
- branch
- twig
jiǎnzhī
剪枝
[剪枝]
- to prune (branches etc)
fēnzhī
分枝
[分枝]
- branch
Zhù Zhīshān
祝枝山
[祝枝山]
- Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
shuǐhéngzhī
水横枝
[水橫枝]
- cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
pānzhīhuā
攀枝花
[攀枝花]
- kapok (tree)
Zhīchéngzhèn
枝城镇
[枝城鎮]
- Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都 ( Yídū), Yichang 宜昌 ( Yíchāng), Hubei
Zhījiāngshì
枝江市
[枝江市]
- Zhijiang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌 ( Yíchāng), Hubei
Pānzhīhuā
攀枝花
[攀枝花]
- Panzhihua prefecture-level city in the south of Sichuan
gǎnlǎnzhī
橄榄枝
[橄欖枝]
- olive branch
- symbol of peace
lìzhīhé
荔枝核
[荔枝核]
- seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
fānlìzhī
番荔枝
[番荔枝]
- custard apple
- soursop (Annonaceae)
yīzhīdúxiù
一枝独秀
[一枝獨秀]
- lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
- fig. to be in a league of one's own
- outstanding
shùzhīzhuàngjīng
树枝状晶
[樹枝狀晶]
- dendrite (crystallography)
zōngzhīzhǔrì
棕枝主日
[棕枝主日]
- Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
yuǎnménjìnzhī
远门近枝
[遠門近枝]
- near and distant relatives
Pānzhīhuāshì
攀枝花市
[攀枝花市]
- Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan, famous for steel production and pollution
zōngzhīquánrì
棕枝全日
[棕枝全日]
- Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
héngshēngzhījié
横生枝节
[橫生枝節]
- to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
jiéwàishēngzhī
节外生枝
[節外生枝]
- (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
cūzhīdàyè
粗枝大叶
[粗枝大葉]
- thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)
- boorish
- rough and ready
- sloppy
yǒuzhīyǒuyè
有枝有叶
[有枝有葉]
- to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
jīnzhīyùyè
金枝玉叶
[金枝玉葉]
- golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
Lùzhītèqū
六枝特区
[六枝特區]
- Luzhi special economic area in Liupanshui 六盤水／六盘水, west Guizhou
jiéshàngshēngzhī
节上生枝
[節上生枝]
- a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
xìzhīmòjié
细枝末节
[細枝末節]
- minor details
- trifles
huāzhīzhāozhǎn
花枝招展
[花枝招展]
- lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom)
- fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
zhīfányèmào
枝繁叶茂
[枝繁葉茂]
- (of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
zhījiéhéngshēng
枝节横生
[枝節橫生]
- side issues keep arising (idiom)
běngùzhīróng
本固枝荣
[本固枝榮]
- when the root is firm, the branches flourish
zàitiānyuànzuòbǐyìniǎo,zàidìyuànzuòliánlǐzhī
在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝
[在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝]
- In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined
- wishing for conjugal bliss