zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)/him/her/it |
之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) him her |
之一 | one of (sth) one out of a multitude one (third, quarter, percent etc) |
之上 | above |
之下 | under beneath less than |
之中 | inside |
之乎者也 | four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk double Dutch all Greek to me |
之内 | inside within |
之前 | before prior to ago |
之后 | afterwards following later |
之外 | outside excluding |
之字形 | Z-shaped zigzag |
之所以 | the reason why |
之极 | The highest degree of a situation, often used after an adjective of two syllables. |
之流 | and his like |
之类 | and so on and such |
之至 | extremely |
之间 | between among inter- |
之际 | during at the time of |
之首 | first of |