(lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); (fig.) archaic expressions
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4之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
乎
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(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in, at, from, because, than, (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- Pinyin
- hū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 27300 of 2500
者
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(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ..., (after a noun) person involved in ..., -er, -ist, (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously), (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term), (old) (used at the end of a command), (old) this
- Pinyin
- zhě
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 890 of 2500
也
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surname Ye
- Pinyin
- Yě
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 25 of 2500