之 zhī in a sentence
It ([literary equivalent of 的] - him - her)
之 (zhī) means It ([literary equivalent of 的] - him - her). 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
这是我最喜欢的书 之 一。
Zhè shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de shū zhī yī.
This is one of my favourite books.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 之
三分 之 一的学生来自国外。
Sān fēn zhī yī de xuésheng láizì guówài.
A third of the students come from abroad.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 之
失败是成功 之 母。
Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ.
Failure is the mother of success.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 失败
百分 之 八十的人同意。
Bǎifēnzhī bāshí de rén tóngyì.
Eighty percent of people agree.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 百分之
同学 之 间应该互相帮助。
Tóngxué zhījiān yīnggāi hùxiāng bāngzhù.
Classmates should help each other.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 互相
From the graded readers
中秋节是中国最重要的节日 之 一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
From the travel phrasebook
不良率是百分 之 五。
Bùliánglǜ shì bǎi fēn zhī wǔ.
The defect rate is five per cent.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
可以先付百分 之 三十吗？
Kěyǐ xiān fù bǎi fēn zhī sānshí ma?
Could we pay 30% up front?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
Words that contain 之
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 之
How is 之 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 之 (zhī, "It ([literary equivalent of 的] - him - her)"), 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 之 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 之 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 之 an HSK word?
Yes — 之 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 之?
The dictionary page for 之 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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