[zhī]
[名]
（分支； 支派） branch; offshoot
general Party branch
党总支
branch store
支店
（地支） the twelve Earthly Branches
（姓氏） a surname
Zhi Shucai
支叔才
[动]
（撑） prop up; put up; hold
put up an umbrella
把伞支开
hold a platform by pillars
用柱子支住平台
This fence should be propped up.
这栅栏该用东西支一支。
（伸出； 竖起） stick; protrude; prick
with one's incisor or front teeth protruded
门牙往外支着
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
体力不支
overwhelmed with joy; overjoyed
乐不可支
She could hardly bear the pain any more.
她疼得真有点支不住了。
（调度； 指使） order; send away; put sb. off
order sb. about
支嘴儿
send him away on some pretext or other
借故支开他
Don't send anyone else; you had better go yourself.
这事甭支别人了， 你自个儿去吧。
（付出） pay out; disburse
pay expenses
开支
pay him a month salary in advance
预支给他一个月的工钱
（领取） receive; get payment; draw (money)
overdraw
透支
draw money from the finance section
从财务科支款
[量]
[纺] （纱线粗细程度的计算单位） count
100-count yarn
100支纱
coarse yarn
粗支纱