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Words starting with Z

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真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed争zhēngto strive for; to vie for整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat正zhēngfirst month of the lunar year证zhèngto admonish; variant of 證|证[zhèng]正常zhèng chángregular; normal整个zhěng gèwhole; entire正好zhèng hǎojust (in time); just right证件zhèng jiàncertificate; papers; credentials; document; ID证据zhèng jùevidence; proof整理zhěng lǐto arrange; to tidy up证明zhèng míngproof; certificate整齐zhěng qíorderly; neat争取zhēng qǔto fight for; to strive for正确zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper正式zhèng shìformal; official正是zhèng shìis precisely整体zhěng tǐwhole entity; entire body整天zhěng tiānall day long; whole day正在zhèng zàijust at (that time); right in (that place)整整zhěng zhěngwhole; full之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]); him支zhīto support; to sustain汁zhījuice知zhīto know; to be aware直zhístraight; to straighten值zhívalue; (to be) worth职zhíoffice; duty止zhǐto stop; to prohibit只zhǐonly; merely; just址zhǐ(bound form) site; location纸zhǐpaper (CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]); classifier for documents, letters etc指zhǐfinger; to point at or to至zhìto arrive; most志zhìaspiration; ambition制zhìto manufacture; to make致zhì(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently置zhìto install; to place直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast支持zhī chíto be in favor of; to support指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhīdao]直到zhí dàountil指导zhǐ dǎoto guide; to give directions值得zhí deworth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)制定zhì dìngto draw up; to formulate制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution支付zhī fùto pay (money)职工zhí gōngemployee; staff member; worker只好zhǐ hǎoto have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē]); immediate至今zhì jīnso far; to this day只能zhǐ néngcan only; obliged to do sth至少zhì shǎoat least; (to say the) least知识zhī shiknowledge; CL:門|门[mén]只是zhǐ shìmerely; only; just; nothing but; simply只要zhǐ yàoif only; so long as职业zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...志愿zhì yuànaspiration; ambition