English [1] [v] pay; disburse; defray [2] [v] support; sustain [3] [v] prop up; put up [4] [v] prick up; raise [5] [v] send away; put somebody off [6] [n] branch; subdivision; offshoot [7] numerical classifier (pens, candles, textile) [8] used in combination Mandarin (hanyu pinyin) zhī Cantonese (jyutping) zi1 Hakka (phonetic) [Bao'an] tsi1 [Dongguan] tsi1 [Hong Kong] tsi1 [Hailu] ki1 chi1 [Siyan] ki1 tsii1 [Kwangtung] chi1 [Meixian] tje1 Minnan/Taiwanese chi1 Vietnamese chi Japanese shi Korean ci |