Expressing possession with "zhi"

Nível: HSK 6 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

之 is one of the characters from classical Chinese that has come into common usage. It a formal written way to express possession. 之 functions similarly to 的 in that it indicates possession. Remember that 之 is used this way formally, and most of the time it is used for titles of works, poems, formal documents etc. Noun + 之 + Noun 之 cannot simply take the place of any 的. Pay attention to the kinds of words it can be paired with.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无。 (hài rén zhī xīn bù kě yǒu，fáng rén zhī xīn bù kě wú 。): "There must be no hurting heart, and no guarding heart."
• 这些解决问题的方式仍然有不足之处。 (zhèxiē jiějué wèntí de fāngshì réngrán yǒu bùzú zhī chù 。): "These solutions to problems still have deficiencies."
• 粗心之害大于无知。 (cūxīn zhī hài dàyú wúzhī 。): "Carelessness is greater than ignorance."

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