[zhī]
[名]
（分支； 支派） branch; offshoot
general Party branch
黨總支
branch store
支店
（地支） the twelve Earthly Branches
（姓氏） a surname
Zhi Shucai
支叔才
[動]
（撐） prop up; put up; hold
put up an umbrella
把傘支開
hold a platform by pillars
用柱子支住平臺
This fence should be propped up.
這柵欄該用東西支一支。
（伸出； 豎起） stick; protrude; prick
with one's incisor or front teeth protruded
門牙往外支著
prick up its or one's ears
支起耳朵
（支持） support; sustain; hold up; bear
lack of physical strength; too tired to go on doing sth.; too weak physically to stand it
體力不支
overwhelmed with joy; overjoyed
樂不可支
She could hardly bear the pain any more.
她疼得真有點支不住了。
（調度； 指使） order; send away; put sb. off
order sb. about
支嘴兒
send him away on some pretext or other
借故支開他
Don't send anyone else; you had better go yourself.
這事甭支別人了， 你自個兒去吧。
（付出） pay out; disburse
pay expenses
開支
pay him a month salary in advance
預支給他一個月的工錢
（領取） receive; get payment; draw (money)
overdraw
透支
draw money from the finance section
從財務科支款
[量]
[紡] （紗線粗細程度的計算單位） count
100-count yarn
100支紗
coarse yarn
粗支紗