之乎者也

Traditional form:

之乎者也

Pinyin (reading):

zhīhūzhěyě

Definitions:

• lit. 之 (zhī), 乎 (hū), 者 (zhě) and 也 (yě) (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

Characters:

• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 乎 - interrogative or exclamatory final particle
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 也 - also, too

Traditional characters:

• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 乎 - interrogative or exclamatory final particle
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 也 - also, too