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zhě ㄓㄜˇ (1.1): 代詞：用於動詞、形容詞等詞語之後，指人或事物。 Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing.
| 《·》: | 推也者，以其所不取之同於其所取者，予之也。 | | "Extending" is taking what he has not chosen but is similar to what he has chosen, and presenting it to him. | | 《·》: | 有子曰：「其為人也孝弟，而好犯上者，鮮矣。」 | | The philosopher You said, "They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors." | | 《·》: | 萬乘之國弒其君者，必千乘之家。 | | In the kingdom of ten thousand chariots, the murderer of his sovereign shall be the chief of a family of a thousand chariots. | | 《·》: | 此亦治天下者之過也。 | | This is just the error committed by the governors of the world. | | 《·》: | 黃帝二十五子，其得姓者十四人。 | | Huangdi had twenty-five sons, of whom fourteen received surnames. | | 《·》: | 遂命子貢為之主，曰：「為爾哭也來者，拜之。」 | | Accordingly he ordered Zi-gong to act as presiding mourner on the occasion, saying to him, 'Bow to those who come because you have a wailing in your house.' |
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zhě ㄓㄜˇ (1.2): 代詞：用於數字之後，指代事物。 Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing.
| 《·》: | 子貢曰：「必不得已而去，於斯二者何先？」 | | Zi Gong again asked, "If it cannot be helped, and one of the remaining two must be dispensed with, which of them should be foregone?" | | 《·》: | 君請擇於斯二者。 | | I ask you, prince, to make your election between these two courses. | | 《·》: | 農、商、官三者，國之常官也 | | Farming, trade and office are the three permanent functions in a state. | | 《·》: | 凡斯二者，足以和矣。 |
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zhě ㄓㄜˇ (1.3): 代詞：用於時間詞或否定詞之後，表示「...時候」或「...的話」。 Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if".
| 《·》: | 有若無，實若虛，犯而不校，昔者吾友嘗從事於斯矣。 | | Having, as though he had not; full, and yet counting himself as empty; offended against, and yet entering into no altercation; formerly I had a friend who pursued this style of conduct. | | 《·》: | 昔者齊景公問於晏子曰：『吾欲觀於轉附、朝儛，遵海而南，放于琅邪。』 | | Formerly, the duke Jing of Qi asked the minister Yan, saying, "I wish to pay a visit of inspection to Zhuan Fu, and Chao Wu, and then to bend my course southward along the shore, till I come to Lang Xie." | | 《·》: | 故昔者堯問於舜曰：「我欲伐宗、膾、胥敖，南面而不釋然。」 | | Therefore of old Yao asked Shun, saying, 'I wish to smite (the rulers of) Zong, Kuai, and Xu-Ao. Even when standing in my court, I cannot get them out of my mind.' | | 《·》: | 昔者文王舍伯邑考而立武王，微子舍其孫腯而立衍也。 | | Anciently, king Wen passed over his eldest son Yi-kao, and appointed king Wu; and the count of Wei passed over his grandson Tu, and made Yan, his (own) younger brother, his successor. | | 《·》: | 不念昔者、伊余來塈。 | | You do not think of the former days, And are only angry with me. | | 《·》: | 昔者之慮也，非今日之慮也。 |
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zhě ㄓㄜˇ (2.1): 語氣詞：用於判斷句，放在主語之後，引出判斷。 Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject.
| 《·》: | 夫辯者，將以明是非之分，審治亂之紀，明同異之處，察名實之理，處利害，決嫌疑。 | | "Distinguishing" will be used to make clear the distinction between so and not-so; investigate the rules of order and chaos; make clear the locations of similarity and difference; examine the patterns of name and stuff; locate benefit and harm, and resolve doubts. | | 《·》: | 宰我問曰：「仁者，雖告之曰：『井有仁焉。』」 | | Zai Wo asked, saying, "A benevolent man, though it be told him, 'There is a man in the well'" | | 《·》: | 曰：「不為者與不能者之形何以異？」 | | The king asked, 'How may the difference between the not doing a thing, and the not being able to do it, be represented?' | | 《·》: | 黃帝者，少典之子，姓公孫，名曰軒轅。 | | Huangdi (Yellow emperor) was the son of Shaodian. His surname was Gongsun, and his prename Xuanyuan. | | 《·》: | 夫禮者所以定親疏，決嫌疑，別同異，明是非也。 | | They are the rules of propriety, that furnish the means of determining (the observances towards) relatives, as near and remote; of settling points which may cause suspicion or doubt; of distinguishing where there should be agreement, and where difference; and of making clear what is right and what is wrong. | | 《·》: | 曰：馬者，所以命形也。 | | "Horse" is how the shape is named. |
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zhě ㄓㄜˇ (2.2): 語氣詞：用於主語之後，引出原因、解釋等。 Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation.
| 《》: | 人所以謂堯賢者，以其讓天下於許由，許由必不受也，則是堯有讓許由之名而實不失天下也。 | | 《·》: | 人之謂堯賢者，以其讓天下於許由，許由不受，有讓天下之名而實不失天下。 | | 《》: | 人謂堯賢者，以其讓天下於許由，由必不受，有讓天下之名，實不失天下。 |
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zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ (3): 通「著」：居、處於。 In, located in.
| 《》: | 大國者下流，天下之交，天下之牝 | | What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down- flowing (stream); - it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven. (To illustrate from) the case of all females: |
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