This is the 2200th most frequent Chinese word.

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"Branch" or "twig."


Here, '枝' is used as a classifier for a long, thin object such as a pencil.

这枝铅笔是我的。

This pencil is mine.


In this case, '枝' is used as a classifier for a branch of a tree or a small stem with a flower.

树上长了一枝花。

A flower has grown on the tree.


Here, '枝' serves as a classifier for one stalk of rose.

他送了我一枝玫瑰。

He gave me a rose.