How do you write zhi in Chinese?

It depends which zhi you mean. to know; knowledge is 知 (zhī), of, going, this: the classical connective is 之 (zhī), wisdom, moral intelligence is 智 (zhì). Pick the character by the tone and the meaning you intend.

zhi appears in 2 different tones depending on the character, which is why the tone mark matters: zhī (知), zhī (之), zhì (智).

Pinyin · 拼音 pīnyīn

zhi

Q: What Chinese characters are pronounced zhi?

3 characters on this site are read zhi: 知 (zhī, to know; knowledge); 之 (zhī, of, going, this: the classical connective); 智 (zhì, wisdom, moral intelligence). The tone mark and meaning tell them apart.

Every character on Jiǎoluò Shūwū read as zhi in any tone — 3 readings total across the four tones. Pick the tone you mean.

一 zhī 1st · high level 2 readings

二 zhí 2nd · rising no entries yet

三 zhǐ 3rd · low / dipping no entries yet

四 zhì 4th · falling 1 reading

If you have the sound zhi but not the character, here are the 3 characters read this way: 知 (zhī, to know; knowledge), 之 (zhī, of, going, this: the classical connective), 智 (zhì, wisdom, moral intelligence). They split across 2 tones, so the tone is what separates them.

zhī tone 1 · high level 2 readings

知 zhī HSK 2

to know; knowledge

之 zhī HSK 5

of, going, this: the classical connective

zhì tone 4 · falling 1 reading

智 zhì HSK 4

wisdom, moral intelligence

复合词 fùhécí Words and phrases containing zhi

迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn To Realise You Are Lost and Turn Back 丝绸之路 sīchóu zhī lù the Silk Road 之 zhī classical genitive, nominalizer, and pronoun 知道 zhīdào to know 智慧 zhìhuì wisdom; prajna 只有…才 zhǐyǒu cái only if…then; the restrictive conditional