Definition
置 (zhì) has two distinct formal meanings. As 'to place/put', it is more literary than the everyday 放 (fàng) and often appears in written Chinese. As 'to purchase/acquire', it refers to buying larger items like property or equipment, more formal than 买 (mǎi) and more specific than 购买 (gòumǎi).
verb
to placeto putto set (in a position)to purchaseto acquire (property, equipment, property, etc.)
Easily confused
- 值zhílook-alike(verb) to be worth
- 只zhǐsound-alike(classifier) used for one of a pair of animals, objects, or body parts; also for boats, certain containers
- 直zhílook-alike(adjective) straight; frank; fair
- 只zhǐsound-alikeonly, just, merely
- 之zhīsound-alike(literary, possessive particle) equivalent to 的
- 之zhīsound-alike(literary pronoun) him, her, it (used as object)
- 指zhǐsound-aliketo point at, to indicate, to show
- 支zhīsound-alikeclassifier for long, thin objects (pens, guns), army divisions, and songs/compositions
- 支zhīsound-aliketo prop up, to support
- 至zhìsound-alike(verb, literary) to arrive
Examples
- 。tā bǎ xíngli fàng zhì zài fángjiān de jiǎoluò lǐ.He placed his luggage in the corner of the room.
- 。qùnián gōngsī gòuzhì le yì pī xīn bàngōng shèbèi.The company purchased a batch of new office equipment last year.
- ，。Duìyú zhège jiànyì, tā jūrán zhì zhī bù lǐ.He actually ignored this suggestion completely.
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