枝 (zhī) means Branch (mw for stick like things). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
鸟儿站在树 枝 上唱歌。
Niǎo'ér zhàn zài shùzhī shang chànggē.
The bird stood on the branch and sang.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枝
他折了一 枝 梅花插在瓶里。
Tā zhé le yì zhī méihuā chā zài píng lǐ.
He broke off a spray of plum blossom and put it in a vase.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枝
树 枝 在风中摇摆。
Shùzhī zài fēng zhōng yáobǎi.
The branches sway in the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摇摆
风把树 枝 摇得很响。
Fēng bǎ shùzhī yáo de hěn xiǎng.
The wind shook the branches noisily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 摇
大风把树 枝 折断了。
Dà fēng bǎ shùzhī zhé duàn le.
The strong wind snapped the branch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 折
冬天的树 枝 光秃秃的。
Dōngtiān de shùzhī guāng tū tū de.
The winter branches are quite bare.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 秃
树林里的 枝 叶十分稠密。
Shùlín lǐ de zhīyè shífēn chóumì.
The branches and leaves in the wood are very thick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稠密
枝 头上冒出了一个个花蕾。
Zhītóu shang mào chū le yí gège huālěi.
Buds have appeared all over the branches.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 花蕾
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Questions about 枝
How is 枝 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 枝 (zhī, "Branch (mw for stick like things)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 枝 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 枝 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 枝 an HSK word?
Yes — 枝 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 枝?
The dictionary page for 枝 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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