之

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 之前你在哪里？

  Zhī qián nǐ zài nǎ lǐ

  Where were you?

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• 这是三天之前了。

  Zhè shì sān tiān zhī qián le

  That was three days ago.

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• 他之前坐在这里。

  Tā zhī qián zuò zài zhè lǐ

  He was sitting there.

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• 我会在那之前见他。

  Wǒ huì zài nà zhī qián jiàn tā

  I'll see him before that.

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Words containing 之

• 之zhī 1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it
• 之后zhī hòu 1–4 after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
• 之间zhī jiān 1–1 (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)
• 之前zhī qián 1–2 before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
• 之一zhī yī 1–1 one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
• 总之zǒng zhī 3–1 in a word; in short; in brief
• 分之fēn zhī 1–1 (indicating a fraction)
• 之中zhī zhōng 1–1 inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
• 之外zhī wài 1–4 outside; excluding
• 之下zhī xià 1–4 under; beneath; less than
• 之内zhī nèi 1–4 inside; within
• 之类zhī lèi 1–4 and so on; and such