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zhī ㄓ (1): 知道，懂得。 Know, understand.
| 《·》: | 知，聞、說、親，名、實、合、為。 | | Zhi (know). By hearsay, by explanation, by personal experience. The name, the object, how to relate, how to act. | | 《·》: | 知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。 | | When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge. | | 《·》: | 梁惠王曰：「晉國，天下莫強焉，叟之所知也。」 | | King Hui of Liang said, 'There was not in the nation a stronger State than Jin, as you, venerable Sir, know.' | | 《·》: | 齧缺問乎王倪曰：「子知物之所同是乎？」 | | Nie Que asked Wang Ni, saying, 'Do you know, Sir, what all creatures agree in approving and affirming?' | | 《》: | 天下皆知美之為美，斯惡已。 | | All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is. | | 《·》: | 是曰既醉、不知其秩。 | | Thus when they have too mcuh, They lose all sense of orderliness. |
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zhī ㄓ (2): 知覺。 Perception.
| 《·》: | 水火有氣而無生，草木有生而無知，禽獸有知而無義，人有氣、有生、有知，亦且有義，故最為天下貴也。 |
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zhī ㄓ (3.1): 認識。 Recognize.
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zhī ㄓ (3.2): 知識。 Knowledge.
| 《·》: | 誨女知之乎？ | | Shall I teach you what knowledge is? | | 《》: | 常使民無知無欲。 | | He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire. | | 《·》: | 兩小兒笑曰：「孰為汝多知乎？」 |
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zhī ㄓ (4): 了解。 Know about, make sense of.
| 《·》: | 人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？ | | Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him? | | 《·》: | 君子聞之，曰：「宋宣公可謂知人矣，立其弟以成義，然卒其子復享之。」 | | 《》: | 曰，先君舍與夷而立寡人，寡人弗敢忘，若以大夫之靈，得保首領以沒，先君若問與夷，其將何辭以對，請子奉之，以主社稷，寡人雖死，亦無悔焉，對曰，群臣願奉馮也，公曰，不可，先君以寡人為賢，使主社稷，若棄德不讓，是廢先君之舉也，豈曰能賢，光昭先君之令德，可不務乎，吾子其無廢先君之功，使公子馮出居於鄭，八月，庚辰，宋穆公卒，殤公即位，君子曰，宋宣公可謂知人矣，立穆公，其子饗之，命以義夫，商頌曰，殷受命咸宜，百祿是荷，其是之謂乎。 |
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zhī ㄓ (5): 相知，交好。 Be friendly with.
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zhī ㄓ (6): 主持，掌管。 Control, get on top of.
| 《·》: | 申侯伯如鄭，阿鄭君之心，先為其所欲，三年而知鄭國之政也，五月而鄭人殺之。 |
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zhì ㄓˋ (7): 智慧。後作「智」。 Wisdom.
| 《·》: | 其仁如天，其知如神。 | | His benevolence was like that of heaven, and his wisdom that of a god. | | 《·》: | 其仁如天，其知如神。 |
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