Meaning of 知己
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhījǐ
- to know oneself
- to be intimate or close
- intimate friend
知己 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
知己难求。
A real friend is like a rare bird.
Stroke order for each character
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知 zhī · to know · 8 strokes
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己 jǐ · self · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 知己.
| 知道 | zhīdào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 | zhīshi | knowledge; intellectual |
| 自己 | zìjǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 通知 | tōngzhī | to notify; to inform |
| 通知书 | tōngzhīshū | written notice |
| 知名 | zhīmíng | well-known; famous |
| 不知 | bùzhī | not to know; unaware |
| 得知 | dézhī | to find out; to learn of |
| 告知 | gàozhī | to inform; to notify |
| 一无所知 | yīwúsuǒzhī | (idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant |
| 无知 | wúzhī | ignorant; ignorance |
| 不知不觉 | bùzhī-bùjué | (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly |
Questions about 知己
What does 知己 mean?
知己 (zhījǐ) means "to know oneself; to be intimate or close" and is used as a adjective and noun.
How do you write 知己?
知己 is made of 2 characters: 知 (8 strokes), 己 (3 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 知己 an HSK word?
Yes. 知己 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.