之[zhī]

代

1. 书 (used in place of an objective noun or pronoun)

♦ 影片情节十分悲惨, 观众无不为~感动。 The film was so sad that none were unmoved.

♦ 将如~何？ What is to be done?

2. (used in certain set phrases without definite designation)

♦ 我们三个人我最年长, 李次~, 张又次~。 Of the three of us, I am the eldest, Li is younger, and Zhang is the youngest.

♦ 手之舞~, 足之蹈~ dance with joy

3. this or that

♦ ~子于归。 The maiden goes to her future home.

助

1. 书 (used between an attribute and the word it modifies)

♦ 钟鼓~声 the sound of drums and bells

♦ 原因~一 one of the reasons

♦ 宝中~宝 the treasure of treasures

♦ 一水~隔 be separated only by a river

2. (used between the subject and the predicate in a S-P structure so as to make it nominalized)

♦ 如因势利导, 则如水~就下, 极为自然。 If we guide the matter along its course of development, it will proceed as naturally as water flows downwards.