支 (zi1 | zhi1) : prop up; sustain; protrude; pay (money)

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支

zi1

zhi1

[1] prop up; erect; set up
[2] sustain; support; withstand
[3] protrude; raise; prick up
[4] branch; offshoot; subdivision
[5] separate; divide; dismember
[6] send away; dispatch; put sb off
[7] pay/draw (money); disburse
[8] classifier for long, slender, inflexible objects (pen, toothpaste, pistol)
[9] twelve earthly branches

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Stroke count: 4

Level: 3

Radical: 支 (#65)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

支

This word has been viewed 12511 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Sep 2013 19:07

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支票 zi1 piu3 zhi1 piao4 = bank cheque (check)

分支 fan1 zi1 = offshoot

支持 zi1 ci4 zhi1 chi2 = support; to back-up sb. (not the "backup" computer term for saving data)

技術支援 gei6 seot6 zi1 wun4/jyun4 = technical support

技術支持 gei6 seot6 zi1 ci4 ji4 shu4 zhi1 chi2 = technical support

支援 zi1 wun4/jyun4 zhi1 yuan2 = to support

收支 sau1 zi1 shou1 zhi1 = cash flow balance

支付 zi1 fu6 zhi1 fu4 = to pay (money)

支出 zi1 ceot1 zhi1 chu1 = to spend

支撐 zi1 caang1 = to support; to prop up
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Showing all 7 examples containing 支

我有兩支鉛筆
I have two pencils

支筆唔喺盒入便粵
The pencil is not in the box.
[Lit. [counter] pencil not at box inside]

買滿$30可以用優惠價$5換購汽水一支
Spend over $30, can get a bottle of soft drink for $5

用支棍搉你頭殼
Use a stick to knock your head.

整支蔃嚟粵
Get me a cigarette

用火燂下支針消毒粵
Disinfect the needle with fire.

而家冇人聽佢支笛㗎喇粵
No one takes instructions from him anymore.

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Decimal representation of this word: 支
Unicode code for this character: U+652f (off-site link)

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