之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě 🔊 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3]… + Keep this word Meanings zhī hū zhě yě (lit.) 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom)(fig.) archaic expressions Its characters 之zhī(possessive particle, literary…HSK 4乎hūin者zhěone who (is) ...HSK 4也yěalso; tooHSK 1