至

Mandarin · pinyin zhì

Meanings

  1. to arrive
  2. most
  3. to
  4. until
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至
zhì · reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
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4 · zhi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi3

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character

  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. extreme; most
  3. (literary, or in compounds) extreme point; limit
  4. from … to … — from … to … (a time)
  5. from … to … — from … to … (a place)
  6. (Cantonese) only then

character

  1. only used in 單至/单至

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