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支

zhī

disperse, pay; support; branch

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Example sentences

  • 我支持你。

    Wǒ zhī chí nǐ

    I'm on your side.

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  • 没人支持她。

    Méi rén zhī chí tā

    Nobody supported her.

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  • 民主支持自由。

    Mín zhǔ zhī chí zì yóu

    Democracy encourages freedom.

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  • 我只有几支笔。

    Wǒ zhǐ yǒu jǐ zhī bǐ

    I only have a few pens.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 支

  • 支持zhī chí 1–2 to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by
  • 支zhī 1to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
  • 支付zhī fù 1–4 to pay (money)
  • 支配zhī pèi 1–4 to control; to dominate; to allocate
  • 支出zhī chū 1–1 to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
  • 支票zhī piào 1–4 check (bank); cheque
  • 支援zhī yuán 1–2 to provide assistance; to support; to back
  • 支撑zhī chēng 1–1 to prop up; to support; strut; brace
  • 开支kāi zhī 1–1 expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
  • 支柱zhī zhù 1–4 mainstay; pillar; prop; backbone
  • 支流zhī liú 1–2 tributary (river)
  • 分支fēn zhī 1–1 branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide