How to Say “Zh” in Chinese

只
zhī
zh is the ISO 639-1 language code for the Chinese language.
In this context, zh serves as a standard abbreviation used to identify the Chinese language in international systems and coding.

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is zhī.

Did you know?

  • The character 只 began as a pictogram of air escaping a mouth and functioned as a modal particle before it meant 'only' or 'single'.

Examples in context

  • 中国 (Zhōngguó)
    China
  • 知识 (zhīshi)
    Knowledge
  • 真正 (zhēnzhèng)
    Genuine
  • 我只吃蔬菜。
    Wǒ zhǐ chī shūcài.
    I only eat vegetables.
  • 书架上只有一本书。
    Shūjià shàng zhǐyǒu yī běn shū.
    There is only one book on the bookshelf.
  • 他只喜欢看电影。
    Tā zhǐ xǐhuān kàn diànyǐng.
    He only likes watching movies.

Example conversation

Zhiqiang and Yuting are discussing a movie.

  1. 志强 Zhiqiang

    你看了这部电影吗?
    Nǐ kànle zhè bù diànyǐng ma?
    Did you watch this movie?
  2. 雨婷 Yuting

    我只看了开头。
    Wǒ zhǐ kànle kāitóu.
    I only watched the beginning.
  3. 志强 Zhiqiang

    为什么没看完?
    Wèishéme méi kàn wán?
    Why didn't you finish it?
  4. 雨婷 Yuting

    因为我太累了。
    Yīnwèi wǒ tài lèi le.
    Because I was too tired.

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