支 [zhī]

• 名词
  • （分支; 支派） branch; offshoot:

    general Party branch;

    党总支

    branch store

    支店

  • （地支） the twelve Earthly Branches
  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Zhi Shucai

    支叔才

• 动词
  • （撑） prop up; put up; hold:

    put up an umbrella;

    把伞支开

    hold a platform by pillars;

    用柱子支住平台

  • （伸出; 竖起） stick; protrude; prick:

    with one's incisor or front teeth protruded;

    门牙往外支着

    prick up its or one's ears

    支起耳朵

  • （支持） support; sustain; hold up; bear:

    lack of physical strength; too tired to go on doing sth.; too weak physically to stand it;

    体力不支

    overwhelmed with joy; overjoyed;

    乐不可支

  • （调度; 指使） order; send away; put sb. off:

    order sb. about;

    支嘴儿

    send him away on some pretext or other;

    借故支开他

  • （付出） pay out; disburse:

    pay expenses;

    开支

    pay him a month salary in advance

    预支给他一个月的工钱

  • （领取） receive; get payment; draw (money):

    overdraw;

    透支

    draw money from the finance section

    从财务科支款

• 量词
  • （用于队伍等）:

    a contingent of troops;

    一支军队

    a guerrilla detachment

    一支游击支队

  • （用于歌曲或乐曲）:

    sing a folk song;

    唱支山歌

    a piano concerto

    一支钢琴协奏曲

  • （用于电灯的光度）:

    fifty candlepower;

    50支烛光

    a 60-watt bulb

    60支光的灯泡

  • （用于细长物）:

    a writing brush;

    一支毛笔

    a candle

    一支蜡烛

  • {纺} （纱线粗细程度的计算单位） count:

    100-count yarn;

    100支纱

    coarse yarn

    粗支纱