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 zhī to know / to be aware
Results beginning with 知
 zhī dào to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1 dao5]
 zhī shi knowledge / CL:門|门[men2] / intellectual
 zhī míng well-known / famous
 zhī jǐ to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
 zhī xiǎo to know / to understand
 zhī qíng to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation
 zhī jué perception / consciousness
 zhī yīn intimate friend / soul mate
 zhī xīn caring / intimate
 zhī zú content with one's situation / to know contentment (hence happiness)
 zhī qīng educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2]
 zhī fǔ prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
 zhī xiàn county head magistrate (old)
 zhī huì to inform / to tell / to notify / notification
 zhī xī to know / to be informed of
 zhī liǎo cicada (onom.)
 zhī qù to act tactfully / tactful / discreet
 zhī chǐ to have a sense of shame
 zhī jiāo intimate friend
 zhī lǐ to be well-mannered
 zhī mǔ Anemarrhena asphodeloides / rhyzome of Anemarrhena (used in TCM)
 Zhī hū Zhihu, Chinese Q&A website modeled on Quora, at zhihu.com, launched in Jan 2011
 zhī zhōu senior provincial government official in dynastic China
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 zhī míng dù reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness
 zhī shi kù knowledge base
 zhī qíng rén person in the know / insider / informed source
 zhī dào le OK! / Got it!
 zhī shi jiè intellectual circles / intelligentsia
 zhī gēng niǎo redbreast / robin
 zhī jué lì ability to perceive / perceptivity / sentience
 zhī shí lùn epistemology
 zhī shi chǎn quán intellectual property rights (law)
 zhī shi fèn zǐ intellectual / intelligentsia / learned person
 zhī shì jīng jì knowledge economy
 zhī shi guǎn lǐ knowledge management
 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
 zhī míng rén shì public figure / celebrity
退 zhī nán ér tuì to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like
 zhī shi qīng nián the
 zhī shū dá lǐ educated and well-balanced (idiom)
 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom) / consciously going against the rules
 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
 zhī rén shàn rèn expert at appointing people according to their abilities (idiom) / to put the right people in the right places
 zhī yì xíng nán easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
 zhī yù zhī ēn lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
 zhī zú cháng lè satisfied with what one has (idiom)
  knowledge society
  Knowledge Platform
  knowledge sharing
  knowledge network
  knowledge gap
  knowledge manager
  The Navigation of Knowledge
  Global Coalition of Water and Sanitation Resource Centres / Streams of Knowledge
  knowledge service
  knowledge product
  knowledge aid
  knowledge development
  knowledge-based course
  Intellectual Quest
  knowledge transfer
 zhī cuò néng gǎi to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
 zhī ēn bù bào ungrateful
 zhī guò gǎi guò to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
 zhī jué jiě tǐ perceptual separability
 zhī lěng zhī rè to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom) / to be very considerate
 zhī qiān shí jiǎn to know how to be economical (idiom)
 zhī qíng bù bào failure to report
 zhī qíng dá lǐ see 通情達理|通情达理[tong1 qing2 da2 li3]
 zhī qíng tóng yì informed consent
 zhī rén shàn yòng see 知人善任[zhi1 ren2 shan4 ren4]
 zhī shi bǎo kù treasure house of knowledge
 zhī shí fèn zǐ intellectual / learned person
 Zhī shi Gòng xiǎng Creative Commons
鸿 zhī shì hóng gōu knowledge divide
 zhī zhī shèn wēi to know very little about
 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
  knowledge robot / knowbot
  Knowledge Management Unit
  Knowledge Management Services
  knowledge-based society
 zhī qíng tòng yì biǎo informed consent form
 zhī shi gōng chéng shī knowledge worker
 zhī shi jiù shì lì liang Knowledge is power, slogan originally due to Francis Bacon 弗蘭西斯·培根|弗兰西斯·培根
  Knowledge Management Team
  intellectual property product
  Knowledge Resource Group
  Creative Commons license
  Common Market of Knowledge
  Eminent Persons Group on Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons / Eminent Persons Group
  Creative Commons
 zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)
  Access to Knowledge Conference
  WIPOnet
  Working Group on Knowledge Management
  Knowledge Management Systems Section
 zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
 zhī shi yuè duō yuè fǎn dòng the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed after the event to the Gang of Four 四人幫|四人帮[Si4 ren2 bang1])
  knowledge, attitude and practice
 zhī míng fù rǔ zhī yuán xiǎo zǔ Support Group of Eminent Women
  Knowledge and Information Management System
 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
 zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]
 zhī wú bù yán , yán wú bù jìn not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / frank / outspoken
  Knowledge Solutions and Design
  Knowledge and Technology for Development Network
  WIPO Copyright Treaty
  intellectual property legislation CD-ROM
 zhī qí rán ér bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán to know that it is so but not why it is so (idiom)
  WIPO Internet Domain Name Process
  WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
  Association de recherche ‚conomique en propri‚t&sbquo / intellectuelle et transferts techniques
  Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health
  WIPO Conference on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property
Approximate Results for 知
 tōng zhī to notify / to inform / notice / notification / CL:個|个[ge4]
 bù zhī not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
 wèi zhī unknown
 gào zhī to inform
 dé zhī to find out / to learn of
 shéi zhī who would have thought / unexpectedly
 xū zhī key information / instructions / it must be borne in mind
 rèn zhī cognition / cognitive / understanding / perception / awareness / to be cognizant of / to recognize / to realize
 wú zhī ignorant / ignorance
 suǒ zhī known / what one knows
 kě zhī evidently / clearly / no wonder / knowable
 yǐ zhī known (to science)
 míng zhī to be fully aware of / to know perfectly well
 gǎn zhī perception / awareness
 shēn zhī to know well / to be fully aware of
 xiān zhī prophet
 shú zhī to be well acquainted with
 nǎ zhī who would have imagined? / unexpectedly
 yù zhī to anticipate / to foresee
 qiú zhī anxious to learn / keen for knowledge
 liáng zhī innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
 zǎo zhī foresight / foreknowledge / if one had known earlier,...
 xīn zhī new knowledge / new friend
 huò zhī to learn of (an event) / to hear about (sth)
 fāng zhī to realize only then
 nǎ zhī variant of 哪知[na3 zhi1]
 tàn zhī to find out / to ascertain / to get an idea of
 zhēn zhī real knowledge
 gù zhī a close friend over many years
 tóng zhī government sub-prefect (old)
 zhōu zhī well known
 tuī zhī to infer
 cè zhī to detect / to sense
 Aì zhī Aichi (prefecture in Japan)
 Bīn zhī Ben Tre, province and city in Vietnam
 gōng zhī public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily) / abbr. for 公共知識分子|公共知识分子[gong1 gong4 zhi1 shi5 fen4 zi3]
 jiù zhī old acquaintance / former friend
 kuī zhī to find out about / to discover
 liǎo zhī (Buddhism) to fully understand / to understand completely
 qíng zhī to know full well / to be fully aware
 quán zhī omniscient
 shòu zhī recognized (for one's talents)
 yān zhī (literary) how is one to know?
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 shéi zhī dào God knows... / Who would have imagined...?
 tōng zhī shū written notice
 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier...
 shū bù zhī little imagined / scarcely realized
 wèi zhī shù unknown quantity
 tōng zhī dān notification / notice / ticket / receipt
 qiú zhī yù desire for knowledge
 gǎn zhī lì perceptivity
 Hè Zhī zhāng He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet
 yuán rèn zhī metacognition
  advising bank
 Aì zhī xiàn Aichi prefecture, central Japan
 bù zhī dào to
 fǎn zhī shi anti-intellectual
 kě zhī lùn gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable
 lěng zhī shi trivia
 nǎ zhī dào who would have thought that ...?
 rèn zhī zhàn cognitive warfare
 Rì zhī lù Rizhilu or Record of daily study, by early Confucian philosopher Gu Yanwu 顧炎武|顾炎武
 sān bù zhī to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all
 suǒ zhōu zhī as is well known / as everyone knows
 Táo Xíng zhī Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer
 tòng zhī rén notifier
 wú zhī jué senseless
 zhǎng zhī shi to acquire knowledge
 bù zhī bù jué unconsciously / unwittingly
 bù zhī suǒ cuò not knowing what to do (idiom) / at one's wits' end / embarrassed and at a complete loss
 zhuān yè zhī shi specialized knowledge
 zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī see 眾所周知|众所周知[zhong4 suo3 zhou1 zhi1]
 kě xiǎng ér zhī it is obvious that... / as one can well imagine...
 yī wú suǒ zhī not knowing anything at all (idiom) / completely ignorant / without an inkling
 bù dé ér zhī unknown / unable to find out
 xiǎn wéi rén zhī rarely known to anyone (idiom) / almost unknown / secret to all but a few
 lìng xíng tōng zhī to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
 shì jiè zhī míng world famous
 kē xué zhī shi scientific knowledge
 xīn zhī dù míng to be well aware
 zì zhī zhī míng knowing oneself (idiom) / self-knowledge
 bù zhī suǒ yún to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur
 míng zhī gù wèn to ask a question, already knowing the answer
 zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn penetrating insight
 xiān zhī xiān jué foresight / having foresight / person of foresight
 yú mèi wú zhī stupid and ignorant (idiom)
 wèi bǔ xiān zhī predictable / sth one can predict without being a clairvoyant
 tián bù zhī chǐ to have no sense of shame
 jìn rén jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 míng zhī gù fàn deliberate violation (idiom) / intentional crime
 fù rú jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 yī wàng ér zhī to be evident at a glance (idiom)
 jiàn wēi zhī zhù one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom) / small beginnings show how things will develop
 quán zhī quán néng omniscient and omnipotent
 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
 bù zhī Dīng Dǒng forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past
 bù zhī fán jǐ one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases
退 bù zhī jìn tuì not knowing when to come or leave (idiom) / with no sense of propriety
 bù zhī jiù lǐ unaware of the inner workings / naive / unwitting
 bù zhī lì hài see 不知好歹[bu4 zhi1 hao3 dai3]
 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
 bù zhī qù xiàng whereabouts unknown / gone missing
 bù zhī sǐ huó to act recklessly (idiom)
 bù zhī suǒ yǐ to not know the reason / to not know what to do
 bù zhī tòng yǎng numb / unfeeling / indifferent / inconsequential
 gé wù zhì zhī to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom) / pursuing knowledge to the end
 jiàn wǎng zhī lái to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs) / studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
 lěng nuǎn zì zhī see 如人飲水,冷暖自知|如人饮水,冷暖自知[ru2 ren2 yin3 shui3 , leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1]
 lè tiān zhī mìng to be content with what one is
 liáng zhī liáng néng instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
 lu:è zhī pí máo slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
 lù rén jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 méng mèi wú zhī benighted (idiom) / ignorant
 mí tú zhī fǎn to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways
 rén rén jiē zhī known to everyone
 rén shì bù zhī to have lost consciousness
 shì wéi zhī jǐ to consider sb as close friend (idiom) / to take into one's confidence
 shì wēi zhī zhuó one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom) / small beginnings show how things will develop
 wēn gù zhī xīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
 wén yī zhī shí lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom) / fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
  discrepancy letter
  notice to move
  Notice to Mariners
  indigenous knowledge
  need to know basis
  vacancy announcement
  traditional knowledge
  knowledge creation
  due publicity
  Facts for Life
  notification of casualty
  acknowledge
  notification of transfers
  to take judicial notice
  notification of inspection
  advance notification
  notification procedure
 ài zhī mù biāo Aichi Biodiversity Targets
 ài zhī shēng míng Aichi Statement
 Bǎi dù zhī dao Baidu Knows, online Q & A forum, zhidao.baidu.com
 bǎo cún tòng zhī depositary notification
 bō kuǎn tòng zhī allotment advice
 bù wéi rén zhī not known to anyone / secret / unknown
 bù zhī hé gù somehow
 bù zhī pí juàn untiring / not recognizing tiredness
 bù zhī suǒ wèi nonsense / nonsensical / incomprehensible / to make no sense
 bù zhī suǒ zhī whereabouts unknown
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