| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 枝 | zhī | 1. branch; twig |
| 柳 枝 低垂 在 水面 上shang。 - The branches of the willows drooped over the water. | ||
| 他 把 不 結jiē果 的 枝 都 修剪 掉。 - He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit. | ||
| 一 枝 鉛筆 - a pencil | ||
| 一 枝 槍 - a gun | ||
| qí | 2. Alternative form of 跂 (extra toe) | |
| 3. Alternative form of 歧 (divergent) |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 木 | mù | 1. tree; woody plant |
| Synonyms: 樹 | ||
| 樹木 - tree | ||
| 灌木 - shrub | ||
| 木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
| 2. wood; timber | ||
| 木頭tou - log | ||
| 3. wooden | ||
| 這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
| 4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
| 木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
| 棺木 - coffin | ||
| 就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
| 有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
| 6. numb | ||
| 麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
| 她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. | 支 | zhī | 1. to support; to bear; to sustain |
| 2. to disburse; to pay; to defray | ||
| 3. to prop up; to put up | ||
| 4. to send away; to put off somebody | ||
| 5. branch; limb; offshoot; subdivision | ||
| (Alternative form 枝) | ||
| (Alternative form 枝) | ||
| 唱 支 歌 嚟 聽 下haa5 吖！ - Sing a song for us! | ||
| 6. (now usually derogatory and offensive) Short for 支那 China | ||
| 印支 - Indochina | ||
| 日 ^滿 ^支 親善 - friendship among Japan, Manchuria and China | ||
| 支語 警察 - (Taiwan, Internet slang) people who like to correct or criticize the use of Mainland terms, lit=Chink language police | ||
| 7. (telegraphy) the fourth day of a month | ||
| 8. Variant of 丈 |
