知己

知己

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	6th heavenly stem; self
simp. and trad. (知己)		知	己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhījǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ gei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tî-kí
• Min Nan (POJ): ti-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhījǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-chi³
    • Yale: jr̄-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjii
    • Palladius: чжицзи (čžiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ gei²
    • Yale: jī géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ kei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tî-kí
    • Hakka Romanization System: di´ gi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: di¹ gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ti²⁴ ki³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-kí
    • Tâi-lô: ti-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'kie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ ki⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈiᴇ  kɨ^X/

Rime
Character	知	己
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	陟移切	居里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈiᴇ/	/kɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiɛ/	/kɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶjɛ/	/kieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈiə̆/	/kɨX/
Li Rong	/ȶie/	/kiəX/
Wang Li	/ȶǐe/	/kĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶie̯/	/kiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	gei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tre  k(r)əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'e  kɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	知	己
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhī	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ trje ›	‹ kiX ›
Old Chinese	/*tre/	/*k(r)əʔ/
English	know	self
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	知	己
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11495	5765
Phonetic component	矢	己
Rime group	支	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'e/	/*kɯʔ/
Notes	沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲

Noun

知己

1. intimate friend; close friend

   • 莫愁前路無知己，天下誰人不識君。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     莫愁前路无知己，天下谁人不识君。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Gao Shi (高適), 別董大‧其一 "Farewell to Dong the Elder - I"

     Mò chóu qiánlù wú zhījǐ, tiānxià shéirén bù shí jūn. [Pinyin]

     Worry not that on the road ahead there'd be no close friend too! Under Heaven, who does not comprehend you?

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 知己

友好 (yǒuhǎo) 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary) 好友 (hǎoyǒu) 相知 (xiāngzhī) 知交 (zhījiāo) 知友 (zhīyǒu) 知心 (zhīxīn) 知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)

知言 (zhīyán) (literary) 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary) 知音 (zhīyīn) 良朋 (liángpéng) (literary) 良知 (liángzhī) 高朋 (gāopéng) (literary) 執友／执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary) 齒輪 (Sichuanese)

Derived terms

叨在知己 天涯知己 紅粉知己／红粉知己

酒逢知己千杯少，話不投機半句多／酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多 (jiǔ féng zhījǐ qiān bēi shào, huà bù tóujī bàn jù duō) 風塵知己／风尘知己

Verb

知己

1. (literary) to know oneself; to be intimate with oneself

Derived terms

知己知彼 (zhījǐzhībǐ) 知彼知己 (zhībǐzhījǐ)

士為知己者死／士为知己者死 (shì wèi zhījǐ zhě sǐ) 知己話／知己话

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (知己):

• → Japanese: 知己(ちき) (chiki)
• → Korean: 지기(知己) (jigi)
• → Vietnamese: tri kỉ (知己)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
知	己
ち Grade: 2	き Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

知(ち)己(き) • (chiki) 

1. close friend