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Definitions

  1. 1. aspiration
  2. 2. ambition
  3. 3. the will
  4. 4. sign
  5. 5. mark
  6. 6. to record
  7. 7. to write a footnote

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Words Containing 志

励志
lì zhì

to encourage

同志
tóng zhì

comrade

志气
zhì qì

ambition

志愿
zhì yuàn

aspiration

志愿者
zhì yuàn zhě

volunteer

意志
yì zhì

will; willpower; determination

标志
biāo zhì

sign

杂志
zá zhì

magazine

斗志
dòu zhì

will to fight

三国志
sān guó zhì

History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[chén shòu] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[jìn cháo], 65 scrolls

不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì

don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

中国人民志愿军
zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn

the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950

交通标志
jiāo tōng biāo zhì

traffic sign

人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng

poor but with great ambitions (idiom)

人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn

poor and with low expectations

仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì

gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals

以死明志
yǐ sǐ míng zhì

to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying

凌志
líng zhì

Lexus

凌志美
líng zhì měi

Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

励志哥
lì zhì gē

ugly guy with a pretty girlfriend (slang)

品趣志
pǐn qù zhì

Pinterest (photo-sharing website)

唯意志论
wéi yì zhì lùn

voluntarism

丧志
sàng zhì

to become demoralized

墓志
mù zhì

inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb; memorial inscription on such a tablet

墓志铭
mù zhì míng

epitaph

壮志
zhuàng zhì

great goal

大一统志
dà yī tǒng zhì

Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls

大元大一统志
dà yuán dà yī tǒng zhì

Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls

大志
dà zhì

high aims

奇志
qí zhì

high aspiration

宝志
bǎo zhì

Baozhi, or Pao-chih, Chinese monk (418–514), also known as 保誌|保志 or 誌公|志公

专心致志
zhuān xīn zhì zhì

with single-hearted devotion (idiom)

小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì

lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)

尚志
shàng zhì

Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang

尚志市
shàng zhì shì

Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang

张志新
zhāng zhì xīn

Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

徐志摩
xú zhì mó

Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet

得志
dé zhì

to accomplish one's ambition

德意志
dé yì zhì

Deutschland; Germany

德意志学术交流中心
dé yì zhì xué shù jiāo liú zhōng xīn

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

德意志民主共和国
dé yì zhì mín zhǔ gòng hé guó

German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990

德意志联邦共和国
dé yì zhì lián bāng gòng hé guó

Federal Republic of Germany

德意志银行
dé yì zhì yín háng

Deutsche Bank

心志
xīn zhì

will

志不在此
zhì bù zài cǐ

to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

志丹
zhì dān

Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi

志丹县
zhì dān xiàn

Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi

志同道合
zhì tóng dào hé

like-minded (idiom)

志向
zhì xiàng

ambition

志在四方
zhì zài sì fāng

to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)

志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén

gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals

志工
zhì gōng

volunteer

志得意满
zhì dé yì mǎn

fully content with one's achievements (idiom)

志怪
zhì guài

to write about mysterious or supernatural things

志怪小说
zhì guài xiǎo shuō

tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)

志留系
zhì liú xì

Silurian system (geology)

志留纪
zhì liú jì

Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)

志贺氏菌病
zhì hè shì jūn bìng

shigellosis

志趣
zhì qù

inclination

志愿军
zhì yuàn jūn

volunteer army

志高气扬
zhì gāo qì yáng

high-spirited and smug

情志
qíng zhì

emotion

意志力
yì zhì lì

willpower

新剧同志会
xīn jù tóng zhì huì

New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[chūn liǔ shè]

方志
fāng zhì

local chronicles

日本国志
rì běn guó zhì

A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪[huáng zūn xiàn], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan

日志
rì zhì

journal

明志
míng zhì

to demonstrate one's sincere convictions

有志
yǒu zhì

to be ambitious

有志气
yǒu zhì qì

ambitious

有志竟成
yǒu zhì jìng chéng

persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

有志者事竟成
yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng

a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

未竟之志
wèi jìng zhī zhì

unfulfilled ambition

李洪志
lǐ hóng zhì

Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[fǎ lún gōng]

林志玲
lín zhì líng

Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress

标志性
biāo zhì xìng

iconic

历代志上
lì dài zhì shàng

First book of Chronicles

历代志下
lì dài zhì xià

Second book of Chronicles

民族志
mín zú zhì

ethnography

永志不忘
yǒng zhì bù wàng

never to be forgotten

求生意志
qiú shēng yì zhì

the will to live

淡泊明志
dàn bó míng zhì

living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì

lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress

矢志
shǐ zhì

to take an oath to do sth

碑志
bēi zhì

historical record inscribed on tablet

神志
shén zhì

consciousness

神志不清
shén zhì bù qīng

to be delirious

神志昏迷
shén zhì hūn mí

to be in a state of delirium

移山志
yí shān zhì

the will to move mountains

立志
lì zhì

to be determined

笃志
dǔ zhì

steadfast

网志
wǎng zhì

blog

县志
xiàn zhì

general history of a county

罗志祥
luó zhì xiáng

Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star

翟志刚
zhái zhì gāng

Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut

聊斋志异
liáo zhāi zhì yì

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[pú sōng líng]

职志
zhí zhì

aspiration

胡志强
hú zhì qiáng

Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister

胡志明
hú zhì míng

Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader

胡志明市
hú zhì míng shì

Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam

胸无大志
xiōng wú dà zhì

to have no aspirations (idiom)

临海水土志
lín hǎi shuǐ tǔ zhì

Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹

自由意志
zì yóu yì zhì

free will

自由意志主义
zì yóu yì zhì zhǔ yì

libertarianism

范志毅
fàn zhì yì

Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player

茹志鹃
rú zhì juān

Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician

蓄须明志
xù xū míng zhì

to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[méi lán fāng] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)

蔡志忠
cài zhì zhōng

Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics

号志
hào zhì

signal

志哀
zhì āi

to pay respects to the dead

豪情壮志
háo qíng zhuàng zhì

lofty ideals

踌躇满志
chóu chú mǎn zhì

enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug

辐射警告标志
fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhì

radiation warning symbol

遐志
xiá zhì

lofty ambition

远志
yuǎn zhì

far-reaching ambition

遗志
yí zhì

the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on

锐志
ruì zhì

firm determination

杂志社
zá zhì shè

magazine publisher

项庄舞剑,志在沛公
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng]

香港众志
xiāng gǎng zhòng zhì

Demosistō, a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong, established in 2016

斗志昂扬
dòu zhì áng yáng

having high fighting spirit

郁郁不得志
yù yù bù dé zhì

soured by the loss of one's hopes

默志
mò zhì

to recall silently