只 (隻) zhī

  1. zhī measure word measure word for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, etc
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: Traditional: 隻; Often used where a more specific measure word like 匹, 头, 峰, or 条 cannot be used (Sun 2006, loc. 1788; Guoyu '隻' n; Kroll 2015 '隻' 2, p. 605; Unihan '隻'; XHZD '只' zhī 1, p. 976)
  2. zhī adjective single
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 隻; in the sense of 单一 (Guoyu '隻' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '隻' 1a, p. 605; Unihan '隻'; XHZD '只' zhī 2, p. 976)
  3. zhǐ adjective lone; solitary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 隻; in the sense of 孤独 (Guoyu '隻' adj 1; Unihan '隻')
  4. zhī noun a single bird
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 隻 (Kroll 2015 '隻' 1, p. 605)
  5. zhī adjective unique
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 隻; in the sense of 独特 (Guoyu '隻' adj 3)
  6. zhǐ adverb only
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 只; in the sense of 仅 (Guoyu '只' adv; Unihan '只'; XHZD '只' zhǐ 1, p. 979)
  7. zhǐ conjunction but
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 只; in the sense of 但 (Guoyu '只' conj)
  8. zhǐ particle a particle with no meaning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 只 (Guoyu '只' particle)
  9. zhǐ proper noun Zhi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 只 (Guoyu '只' n)

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