知己

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	6th heavenly stem; self
simp. and trad. (知己)		知	己

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhījǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tî-kí
Min Nan (POJ): ti-kí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhījǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄐㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjii
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ gei²
  - Yale: jī géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ géi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tî-kí
  - Hakka Romanization System: di´ gi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: di¹ gi³
  - IPA: /ti²⁴ ki³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-kí
  - Tâi-lô: ti-kí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di'kie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ ki⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴¹/

Noun

知己

soulmate; intimate friend; close friend

Synonyms

同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
知交 (zhījiāo)
知友 (zhīyǒu)

知心 (zhīxīn)
知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
知音 (zhīyīn)

Derived terms

叨在知己
天涯知己
紅粉知己／红粉知己

酒逢知己千鍾少，話不投機半句多／酒逢知己千钟少，话不投机半句多
風塵知己／风尘知己

Verb

知己

(literary) to know oneself; to be intimate with oneself

Derived terms

士為知己者死／士为知己者死
知己知彼

知己話／知己话
知彼知己

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