Counting word for animals in Chinese (Mandarin): 只 (zhī)
只
zhī
counting word for animals
- Simplified
- 只
- Traditional
- 隻
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Typed as
- zhi
Use it in a sentence
树上有两只鸟。
樹上有兩隻鳥。
There are two birds in the tree.
The characters in 只
只 / 隻
A counting word for animals; read zhǐ, it means only.
5 strokes
只 counts most animals: 一只猫, 两只鸟. Read zhǐ, it means only: 我只有一个 (wǒ zhǐ yǒu yí gè).
More examples with 只
我有一只小兔子。
我有一隻小兔子。
Wǒ yǒu yì zhī xiǎo tùzi.
I have a bunny.
池塘里有三只鸭子。
池塘裡有三隻鴨子。
Chítáng li yǒu sān zhī yāzi.
There are three ducks in the pond.
How to write 只 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
只 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
隻 10 strokes
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