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芝

zhī

sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren)

Strokes
6
Radical
艸
HSK
7
Tone
1

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Example sentences

  • 这有一股芝士的味道。

    Zhè yǒu yī gǔ zhī shì de wèi dao

    This smells like cheese.

  • 我吃芝士。

    Wǒ chī zhī shì

    I eat cheese.

  • 我住在波士顿，但我出生在芝加哥。

    Wǒ zhù zài Bō shì dùn dàn wǒ chū shēng zài Zhī jiā gē

    I live in Boston, but I was born in Chicago.

  • 我们要从波士顿飞往芝加哥。

    Wǒ men yào cóng Bō shì dùn fēi wǎng Zhī jiā gē

    We're flying from Boston to Chicago.

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

Words containing 芝

  • 芝士zhī shì 1–4 cheese (loanword)
  • 芝麻zhī ma 1–5sesame (seed)