枝 zhī measure word for sticks, pencils and flowers
measure word for sticks, pencils and flowers; measure word for sticks; pencils and flowers; branches; to branch off
How to remember 枝: 木 tree + 支 branch = measure word for sticks, pencils and flowers. Under the cherry tree the girl holds up a branch and asks her Chinese teacher for the measure word for sticks, pencils and flowers.
Component breakdown
枝 = 木 tree + 支 branch
- 木 tree
- 支 branch
Under the cherry tree the girl holds up a branch and asks her Chinese teacher for the measure word for sticks, pencils and flowers.
How it is used
- A branch/twig, also a measure word for slender objects - 树枝 (shùzhī) tree branch, 枝叶 (zhīyè) branches and leaves.
- As a classifier: 一枝笔 (yì zhī bǐ) a pen, 一枝花 (yì zhī huā) a flower (interchangeable with 支).
- 节外生枝 (jiéwài-shēngzhī) = new complications arising (lit. branches growing from a knot).