之 meaning in English

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him

HSK 7-9pronounauxiliary verb3 strokes

Meaning of 之

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zhī

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè是shì三sān天tiān之zhī前qián了le。

That was three days ago.

他tā之zhī前qián坐zuò在zài这zhè里lǐ。

He was sitting there.

我wǒ之zhī前qián跟gēn你nǐ说shuō过guò，那nà个ge你nǐ必bì须xū自zì己jǐ做zuò。

As I told you before, you have to do that by yourself.

我wǒ需xū要yào星xīng期qī五wǔ之zhī前qián知zhī道dào你nǐ的de答dá案àn。

I need to know your answer by Friday.

叫jiào他tā们men两liǎng点diǎn半bàn之zhī前qián到dào。

Tell them to be here by 2:30.

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Words that share a character with 之.

之前	zhīqián	before; prior to
之后	zhīhòu	after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
之间	zhījiān	(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressi
之一	zhīyī	one of (sth); one out of a multitude
总之	zǒngzhī	in a word; in short
分之	fēn zhī	(indicating a fraction)
之中	zhīzhōng	inside; among
之外	zhīwài	outside; excluding
之内	zhīnèi	inside; within
之下	zhīxià	under; beneath
之类	zhīlèi	and so on; and such
之所以	zhīsuǒyǐ	(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他\|我之所以讨厌他[wo3

What does 之 mean?

之 (zhī) means "(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him" and is used as a pronoun and auxiliary verb.

How do you write 之?

之 is made of 1 character: 之 (3 strokes). That is 3 strokes in total.

Is 之 an HSK word?

Yes. 之 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.