| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; homosexual (slang); CL:个 |
| 志 | zhì | sign; mark; to record; write a footnote; aspiration; ambition; the will |
| 意志 | yì zhì | will; willpower; determination; CL:个 |
| 标志 | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 杂志 | zá zhì | magazine; CL:本,份,期 |
| 德意志 | Dé yì zhì | German (phonetic rendition of "Deutsch"); Germany |
| 三国志 | Sān guó zhì | History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晋朝, 65 scrolls |
| 志愿军 | zhì yuàn jūn | volunteer army |
| 志愿 | zhì yuàn | aspiration; ambition; to volunteer |
| 斗志 | dòu zhì | will to fight; fighting spirit |
| 胡志明 | Hú Zhì míng | Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader. See also 胡志明市 |
| 立志 | lì zhì | to be determined; to be resolved |
| 志气 | zhì qì | ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit |
| 县志 | xiàn zhì | general history of a county; county annals |
| 斗志昂扬 | dòu zhì áng yáng | having high fighting spirit |
| 壮志 | zhuàng zhì | great goal; magnificent aspiration |
| 大志 | dà zhì | high aims |
| 有志气 | yǒu zhì qì | ambitious |
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration |
| 神志 | shén zhì | consciousness; state of mind; compos mentis |
| 志留纪 | Zhì liú jì | Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago) |
| 墓志铭 | mù zhì míng | epitaph |
| 志同道合 | zhì tóng dào hé | like-minded; fellow enthusiast; kindred spirit |
| 专心致志 | zhuān xīn zhì zhì | with single-hearted devotion (idiom) |
| 不以词害志 | bù yǐ cí hài 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 |
| 不以辞害志 | bù yǐ cí hài 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 |
| 中国人民志愿军 | Zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn | the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950 |
| 人穷志短 | 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 |
| 凌志 | Líng zhì | Lexus; see also 雷克萨斯 |
| 凌志美 | Líng Zhì měi | Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 |
| 励志 | lì zhì | to encourage; encouragement |
| 唯意志论 | wéi yì zhì lùn | voluntarism; metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本华, that the essence of the world is willpower |
| 丧志 | sàng zhì | lose determination |
| 大一统志 | dà yī tǒng zhì | Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞应龙, 755 scrolls |
| 大元大一统志 | Dà Yuán dà yī tǒng zhì | Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞应龙, 755 scrolls |
| 奇志 | qí zhì | high aspiration |
| 小花远志 | xiǎo 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 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang |
| 尚志市 | Shàng zhì shì | Shangzhi county level city in Harbin 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang |
| 张志新 | 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, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counter-revolutionary 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 |
| 得志 | dé zhì | to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success |
德意志学术交流中
心 | Dé yì zhì Xué shù Jiāo liú Zhōng xīn | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| 德意志民主共和国 | Dé yì zhì Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guó | German democratic republic (former East Germany), 1945-1990 |
| 德意志联邦共和国 | Dé yì zhì Lián bāng Gòng hé guó | Federal Republic of Germany; former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany |
| 德意志银行 | Dé yì zhì Yín háng | Deutsche Bank |
| 心志 | xīn zhì | will; resolution |
| 志不在此 | zhì bù zài cǐ | to have unachievable ambitions based on current circumstances (idiom) |
| 志丹 | Zhì dān | Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
