| 志 | [ zhì ] aspiration, ambition, the will |
| 志不在此 | [ zhì bù zaì cǐ ] to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom) |
| 志丹 | [ zhì dān ] Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 志丹縣 | [ zhì dān xiàn ] Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi |
| 志同道合 | [ zhì tóng daò hé ] like-minded (idiom), fellow enthusiast, kindred spirit |
| 志向 | [ zhì xiàng ] ambition, goal, ideal, aspiration |
| 志在四方 | [ zhì zaì sì fāng ] to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom) |
| 志士仁人 | [ zhì shì rén rén ] gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals |
| 志工 | [ zhì gōng ] volunteer |
| 志得意滿 | [ zhì dé yì mǎn ] fully content with one's achievements (idiom), complacent |
| 志怪 | [ zhì ] to write about mysterious or supernatural things |
| 志怪小說 | [ zhì shuō ] tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction) |
| 志氣 | [ zhì qì ] ambition, resolve, backbone, drive, spirit |
| 志留系 | [ zhì liú xì ] Silurian system (geology), see 志留紀|志留纪 |
| 志留紀 | [ zhì liú jì ] Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago) |
| 志賀氏菌病 | [ zhì hè shì jūn bìng ] shigellosis, bacillary dysentery |
| 志趣 | [ zhì qù ] inclination, interest |
| 志願 | [ zhì yuàn ] aspiration, ambition, to volunteer |
| 志願兵 | [ zhì yuàn bīng ] volunteer soldier, CL:名[ming2] |
| 志願者 | [ zhì yuàn zhě ] volunteer |
| 志願軍 | [ zhì yuàn jūn ] volunteer army |
| 志高氣揚 | [ zhì gaō qì yáng ] high-spirited and smug |
| ⇒ 三國志 | [ sān guó zhì ] History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls |
| ⇒ 不以辭害志 | [ bù yǐ cí haì zhì ] don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say |
| ⇒ 中國人民志願軍 | [ zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn ] the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950 |
| ⇒ 人窮志不窮 | [ rén qióng zhì bù qióng ] poor but with great ambitions (idiom), poor but principled |
| ⇒ 人窮志短 | [ rén qióng zhì duǎn ] poor and with low expectations, poverty stunts ambition |
| ⇒ 仁人志士 | [ rén rén zhì shì ] gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals |
| ⇒ 以死明志 | [ yǐ sǐ míng zhì ] to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying |
| ⇒ 凌志 | [ líng zhì ] Lexus, see also 雷克薩斯|雷克萨斯[Lei2 ke4 sa4 si1] |
| ⇒ 凌志美 | [ líng zhì meǐ ] Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 |
| ⇒ 勵志 | [ lì zhì ] to encourage, encouragement |
| ⇒ 勵志哥 | [ lì zhì gē ] ugly guy with a pretty girlfriend (slang) |
| ⇒ 同志 | [ tóng zhì ] comrade, (slang) homosexual, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 品趣志 | [ pǐn qù zhì ] Pinterest (photo-sharing website) |
| ⇒ 唯意志論 | [ weí yì zhì lùn ] voluntarism, metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华[Shu1 ben3 hua2], that the essence of the world is willpower |
| ⇒ 喪志 | [ sàng zhì ] to become demoralized, to lose one's sense of purpose |
| ⇒ 壯志 | [ zhuàng zhì ] great goal, magnificent aspiration |
| ⇒ 大志 | [ dà zhì ] high aims |
| ⇒ 奇志 | [ qí zhì ] high aspiration |
| ⇒ 專心致志 | [ zhuān xīn zhì zhì ] with single-hearted devotion (idiom) |
| ⇒ 小人得志 | [ rén dé zhì ] lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom), fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant |
| ⇒ 小花遠志 | [ huā yuǎn zhì ] small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| ⇒ 尚志 | [ shàng zhì ] Shangzhi county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 尚志市 | [ shàng zhì shì ] Shangzhi county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 張志新 | [ zhāng zhì xīn ] Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 |
| ⇒ 徐志摩 | [ xú zhì mó ] Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet |
| ⇒ 德意志 | [ dé yì zhì ] German (phonetic rendition of "Deutsch"), Germany |
| ⇒ 德意志學術交流中心 | [ dé yì zhì xué shù liú zhōng xīn ] German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| ⇒ 德意志民主共和國 | [ dé yì zhì mín zhǔ gòng hé guó ] German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990 |
| ⇒ 德意志聯邦共和國 | [ dé yì zhì lián bāng gòng hé guó ] Federal Republic of Germany, former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany |
| ⇒ 德意志銀行 | [ dé yì zhì yín háng ] Deutsche Bank |
| ⇒ 心志 | [ xīn zhì ] will, resolution, aspiration |
| ⇒ 情志 | [ qíng zhì ] emotion, mood |
| ⇒ 意志 | [ yì zhì ] will, willpower, determination, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 意志力 | [ yì zhì lì ] willpower |
| ⇒ 新劇同志會 | [ xīn jù tóng zhì huì ] New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4] |
| ⇒ 方志 | [ fāng zhì ] local chronicles, district records |
| ⇒ 明志 | [ míng zhì ] to demonstrate one's sincere convictions |
| ⇒ 有志 | [ yoǔ zhì ] to be ambitious |
| ⇒ 有志氣 | [ yoǔ zhì qì ] ambitious |
| ⇒ 有志竟成 | [ yoǔ zhì jìng chéng ] persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way |
| ⇒ 有志者事竟成 | [ yoǔ zhì zhě shì jìng chéng ] a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way |
| ⇒ 有意志 | [ yoǔ yì zhì ] conscious, having a will |
| ⇒ 未竟之志 | [ weì jìng zhī zhì ] unfulfilled ambition |
| ⇒ 李洪志 | [ lǐ hóng zhì ] Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1] |
| ⇒ 林志玲 | [ lín zhì líng ] Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress |
| ⇒ 歷代志上 | [ lì daì zhì shàng ] First book of Chronicles |
| ⇒ 歷代志下 | [ lì daì zhì xià ] Second book of Chronicles |
| ⇒ 民族志 | [ mín zú zhì ] ethnography |
| ⇒ 永志不忘 | [ yǒng zhì bù wàng ] never to be forgotten |
| ⇒ 求生意志 | [ qiú shēng yì zhì ] the will to live |
| ⇒ 淡泊明志 | [ dàn bó míng zhì ] living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom) |
| ⇒ 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 | [ yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì ] lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom), fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? |
| ⇒ 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 | [ yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì ] lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? |
| ⇒ 玩物喪志 | [ wán wù sàng zhì ] lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress, excessive attention to trivia saps the will |
| ⇒ 眾志成城 | [ zhòng zhì chéng chéng ] unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom) |
| ⇒ 神志 | [ shén zhì ] consciousness, state of mind, compos mentis |
| ⇒ 神志不清 | [ shén zhì bù qīng ] to be delirious, to be mentally confused |
| ⇒ 神志昏迷 | [ shén zhì hūn mí ] to be in a state of delirium |
| ⇒ 移山志 | [ yí shān zhì ] the will to move mountains, fig. high ambitions |
| ⇒ 立志 | [ lì zhì ] to be determined, to be resolved |
| ⇒ 篤志 | [ dǔ zhì ] steadfast, with single-minded devotion |
| ⇒ 縣志 | [ xiàn zhì ] general history of a county, county annals |
| ⇒ 羅志祥 | [ luó zhì xiáng ] Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star |
| ⇒ 翟志剛 | [ zhaí zhì gāng ] Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut |
| ⇒ 老驥伏櫪，志在千里 | [ laǒ jì fú lì zhì zaì qiān lǐ ] lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations |
| ⇒ 聊齋志異 | [ zhaī zhì yì ] Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2] |
| ⇒ 職志 | [ zhí zhì ] aspiration |
| ⇒ 胡志強 | [ hú zhì qiáng ] Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister |
| ⇒ 胡志明 | [ hú zhì míng ] Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader, see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4] |
| ⇒ 胡志明市 | [ hú zhì míng shì ] Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam |
| ⇒ 胸無大志 | [ xiōng wú dà zhì ] to have no aspirations (idiom), unambitious |
| ⇒ 自由意志 | [ zì yoú yì zhì ] free will |
| ⇒ 自由意志主義 | [ zì yoú yì zhì zhǔ yì ] libertarianism |
| ⇒ 范志毅 | [ fàn zhì yì ] Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player |
| ⇒ 蓄鬚明志 | [ xù xū míng zhì ] to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) |
| ⇒ 蔡志忠 | [ caì zhì zhōng ] Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics |
| ⇒ 豪情壯志 | [ haó qíng zhuàng zhì ] lofty ideals, noble aspirations |
| ⇒ 躊躇滿志 | [ choú chú mǎn zhì ] enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug, complacent |
| ⇒ 輻射警告標志 | [ fú shè jǐng gaò zhì ] radiation warning symbol |
| ⇒ 遐志 | [ xiá zhì ] lofty ambition, lofty aspiration |
| ⇒ 遠志 | [ yuǎn zhì ] far-reaching ambition, lofty ideal, milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| ⇒ 遺志 | [ yí zhì ] the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on |
| ⇒ 銳志 | [ ruì zhì ] firm determination |
| ⇒ 項莊舞劍，志在沛公 | [ xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn zhì zaì peì gōng ] see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公|项庄舞剑，意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1] |
| ⇒ 香港眾志 | [ xiāng gǎng zhòng zhì ] Demosistō, a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong, established in 2016 |
| ⇒ 鬥志 | [ doù zhì ] will to fight, fighting spirit |
| ⇒ 鬥志昂揚 | [ doù zhì áng yáng ] having high fighting spirit |
| ⇒ 鬱鬱不得志 | [ yù yù bù dé zhì ] soured by the loss of one's hopes |
