知己

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhījǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhījǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ
    • 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

1. soulmate; intimate friend; close friend

Synonyms

• 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

1. (literary) to know oneself; to be intimate to 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