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hence, candle power: 五十支光 fifty candle power;
number of threads per inch in gauze or silk material.
(1) A surname.
(2) A branch office, branch line, a branch of family (related 枝 10A. 82): 支部 branch office;
支店，支行 local office;
支隊 an army column;
支線 branch telegraphic or railway line (opp. 幹線 trunk line);
支流 tributary, branch of river;
宗支,支脈 branch of family;
本支 same branch of family;
支路 feeder road, branch of road
(3) U.f. 肢 limbs: 支解，支骸 [zhi1jie3], [zhi1hai2]↓.
(4) 地支 the duodecimal cycle for counting years, days and hours: 子，丑，寅，卯，辰，巳，午，未，申，酉，戌，亥 used in conjunction with the decimal cycle 天干
see Appendix A.
支撥 pay (a certain sum);
支給 pay to (person, etc.);
開支 expenditures, disbursements;
收支相抵 (平衡) balance of income and expenditures.
(2) To receive, get payment: 支取 [zhi1qU3]↓;
支款，支錢 take out cash;
支借 borrow on account;
預支 prepay, (receive) advance payment;
透支 overdraw, overdraft;
停支 stop payment;
濫支 improperly disburse.
(3) To support: 支持，支撐，支援 [zhi1chi2], [zhi1cheng1], [zhi1yUan3]↓;
支不住 or 支 (持) 不住 cannot hold back (onslaught), cannot hold up against (illness);
支鍋瓦兒 a three-legged support of iron or brick for round cauldrons.
(4) To send about, to order, to control: 支使，支配[zhi1shi0], [zhi1pei4]↓;
支嘴兒 to order others about while not moving oneself;
把他支走 send him away.
2.支氣管 [zhi1qi4guan3], n., bronchi; 支氣管炎 bronchitis.
3.支出 [zhi1chu1], v.t., to pay out, take out (sum); v.t., n., outlay, expenses, expenditures.
4.支絀 [zhi1chu4], adj., short of money.
5.支持 [zhi1chi2] ([zhi1chi0]) v.t., to support (leader, cause, campaign, theory, etc.).
6.支取 [zhi1qU3], v.t., to draw out (money).
7.支點 [zhi1dian3], n., (phys.) fulcrum.
8.支對 [zhi1dui4], v.t., (LL) to reply to question.
9.支費 [zhi1fei4], n., expenses.
10.支付 [zhi1fu4], v.t., to disburse; to take out (sum.).
11.支骸 [zhi1hai2], n., human limbs and skeleton (＝肢骸).
12.支招兒 [zhi1zhao1er0], v.i., (coll.) to help to plan.
13.支解 [zhi1jie3], v.t., (AC) to dismember (criminal) as form of punishment.
14.支節 [zhi1jie2], n., detail: 支節問題 problems of detail (also wr. 枝)
15.支樁 [zhi1zhuang1], v.i., (coll.) to stall an argument, to give non-commital reply.
16.支柱 [zhi1zhu4], n., a propor supporting pillar.
17.支楞 [zhi1leng0], v.t., to prick up (one's ears).
18.支離 [zhi1li2], adj., broken up, piecemeal: 支離散亂 all jumbled up; adj. 支離破碎 all broken up, (of arguments) occupied with unimportant details; adj. 言語支離 give ambiguous statements.
19.支爐兒 [zhi1lu2er0], n., an earthen pan with holes, used over oven for baking cakes.
20.支派 [zhi1pai4], n., branch of family or school of thought.
21.支配 [zhi1pei4] ([zhi1pei0]), v.t., (1) to allot (money, manpower) , to have (time) available for service, to control, regulate (nation, resources, etc.).
22.支票 [zhi1piao4], n., a check payable: 空頭支票 rubber check, overdrawn check without coverage in deposits; 保付支票 certified check; 櫃臺支票 counter check.
23.支庶 [zhi1shu4], n., the collateral branches of family.
24.支屬 [zhi1shu3], n., relatives from branches of family.
25.支使 [zhi1shi0], v.t., to control: 為他所支使 be controlled by him.
26.支吾 [zhi1wu2] ([zhi1wu0]), v.i., to prevaricate, to stall with words: 你用話支吾他 make excuses with words to hold off s.o.; (AC) to resist (＝枝梧)
27.支應 [zhi1ying4] ([zhi1ying0]), v.t., (1) to control (receipts and disbursements); (2) to keep on the lookout; (3) see [zhi1wu2]↑.
28.支移 [zhi1yi2]1, v.i., to transfer fund for another purpose where it is needed.
29.支頤 [zhi1ji2]2, phr., to rest chin in palm or cheek in hand.
30.支援 [zhi1yUan3], v.t., to support with money needed or send military reinforcements.
31.支用 [zhi1yong4], v.i., &t. to defray expenses.