汁 (zhī) — juice
Definition
汁 (zhī) means the liquid 'juice' that comes from pressing or cooking a fruit, vegetable, or meat — closer to 'juice/sap/gravy' than to a drink you buy. It always combines with what it comes from (橙汁, 柠檬汁, 肉汁).
noun
juice
Easily confused
- 什shénlook-aliketen (used in financial contexts to prevent forgery)
- 只zhīsound-alike(classifier) used for one of a pair of animals, objects, or body parts; also for boats, certain containers
- 叶xiélook-alikeharmonize; be in harmony (literary, bound form)
- 之zhīsound-alike(literary, possessive particle) equivalent to 的
- 计jìlook-alike(verb) to calculate, to count; to plan
- 之zhīsound-alike(literary pronoun) him, her, it (used as object)
Examples
- 。Zhè bēi chéng zhī hěn xīn xiān.This glass of orange juice is very fresh.
- 汁。Wǒ xǐ huan hē píng guǒ zhī.I like to drink apple juice.
- 。Tā bǎ níng méng zhī jǐ dào cài lǐ le.She squeezed lemon juice into the dish.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
汁 has 氵, a form of 水, on the left and 十 on the right. The water part shows it is about a liquid, and 十 gives the sound.
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