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治
Mandarin · pinyin zhì
Meanings
- to rule
- to govern
- to manage
- to control
- to harness (a river)
- to treat (a disease)
- to wipe out (a pest)
- to punish
- to research
Characters in this entry
- 治
- zhì · govern, regulate, administer
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Mandarin tones
4 · zhi4
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ci4 · zi6
Cantonese word readings for 治. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to govern; to regulate; to administer
- to treat; to cure (disease)
- to harness; to control (a river, etc.)
- to exterminate; to kill
- to punish; to penalize
- to research; to specialise in (a topic)
- orderly; peaceful; socially stable
- to manage; to operate; to run
- to teach someone a lesson; to discipline; to make someone endure hardship to pay for his actions
- (historical) former seat of a local government
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- Ancient river name.
character · Etymology 3
- Ancient river name.
character · Etymology 4
- (Cantonese) short for 三文治 (“sandwich”)
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