之 zi¹ {zhī}

(determiner, pronoun) 1. That; 2. This; (noun) (of road) branch

之 zi¹ {zhī}

1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
2. him
3. her
4. it

之餘〔-余〕 zi¹ jyu⁴ {zhī yú}

other than

之嘛 zi¹ maa³ {zhī ma}

(modal particle) Used at the end of a sentence, usually to show the unimportance of the thing you talked about; "that's all"

之先 zi¹ sin¹ {zhī xiān}

long before, ahead

之前 zi¹ cin⁴ {zhī qián}

1. before
2. prior to
3. ago
4. previously
5. beforehand

之間〔-间〕 zi¹ gaan¹ {zhī jiān}

1. between
2. among
3. inter-

之下 zi¹ haa⁶ {zhī xià}

1. under
2. beneath
3. less than

之後〔-后〕 zi¹ hau⁶ {zhī hòu}

1. afterwards
2. following
3. later
4. after

之一 zi¹ jat¹ {zhī yī}

1. one of (sth)
2. one out of a multitude
3. one (third, quarter, percent etc)

之類〔-类〕 zi¹ leoi⁶ {zhī lèi}

1. and so on
2. and such

之外 zi¹ ngoi⁶ {zhī wài}

1. outside
2. excluding

之內〔-内〕 zi¹ noi⁶ {zhī nèi}

1. inside
2. within

之上 zi¹ soeng⁶ {zhī shàng}

above

之際〔-际〕 zi¹ zai³ {zhī jì}

1. during
2. at the time of

之至 zi¹ zi³ {zhī zhì}

extremely

之中 zi¹ zung¹ {zhī zhōng}

1. inside
2. among
3. in the midst of (doing sth)
4. during

之不過〔--过〕 zi¹ bat¹ gwo³ {zhī bu guò}

(conjunction) however; but;

之但係〔--系〕 zi¹ daan⁶ hai⁶ {zhī dàn xì}

But

之字線〔--线〕 zi¹ zi⁶ sin³ {zhī zì xiàn}

Zigzag

之所以 zi¹ so² ji⁵ {zhī suǒ yǐ}

the reason why

之字形 zi¹ zi⁶ jing⁴ {zhī zì xíng}

1. Z-shaped
2. zigzag

之乎者也 zi¹ fu⁴ ze² jaa⁵ {zhī hū zhě yě}

1. four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk
2. double Dutch
3. all Greek to me