支吾
zhī wú
Pinyin

Definition

支吾
 - 
zhī wu
  1. to respond evasively or vaguely
  2. to elude
  3. to stall
支吾
 - 
zhī wú
  1. to resist
  2. to deal with

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

支持
zhī chí
  1. 1 to be in favor of
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
  4. 4 support
  5. 5 backing
  6. 6 to stand by
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
吾
Wú
  1. 1 surname Wu
支
Zhī
  1. 1 surname Zhi
支付
zhī fù
  1. 1 to pay (money)
支出
zhī chū
  1. 1 to spend
  2. 2 to pay out
  3. 3 expense
支援
zhī yuán
  1. 1 to provide assistance
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
支撑
zhī chēng
  1. 1 to prop up
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 strut
  4. 4 brace
支柱
zhī zhù
  1. 1 mainstay
  2. 2 pillar
  3. 3 prop
  4. 4 backbone
支配
zhī pèi
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to dominate
  3. 3 to allocate
透支
tòu zhī
  1. 1 (bank) overdraft
不支
bù zhī
  1. 1 to be unable to endure
伊吾
Yī wú
  1. 1 Yiwu county in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
伊吾县
Yī wú xiàn
  1. 1 Yiwu county in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
俾路支省
Bǐ lù zhī shěng
  1. 1 Balochistan (Pakistan)
借支
jiè zhī
  1. 1 to get an advance on one's pay
分支
fēn zhī
  1. 1 branch (of company, river etc)
  2. 2 to branch
  3. 3 to diverge
  4. 4 to ramify
  5. 5 to subdivide
吾人
wú rén
  1. 1 (literary) we
  2. 2 us
吾等
wú děng
  1. 1 (literary) we
  2. 2 us
吾辈
wú bèi
  1. 1 (literary) we
  2. 2 us
地支
dì zhī
  1. 1 the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑[chǒu], 寅[yín], 卯[mǎo], 辰[chén], 巳[sì], 午[wǔ], 未[wèi], 申[shēn], 酉[yǒu], 戌[xū], 亥[hài], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

Idioms (4)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
  1. 1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
  2. 2 evasive
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
乐不可支
lè bù kě zhī
  1. 1 overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch

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