滋生
Chinese
excite; nourish; this | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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simp. and trad. (滋生) |
滋 | 生 | |
alternative forms | 孳生 to breed |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: zīshēng
- Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄕㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zihsheng
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ1-shêng1
- Yale: dz̄-shēng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzysheng
- Palladius: цзышэн (czyšɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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滋生
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zi1 sang1
- Yale: jī sāng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 sang1
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 seng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
孳生
滋生
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-sng
- Tâi-lô: tsir-sng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-seng
- Tâi-lô: tsu-sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: zusefng
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Verb
滋生
- to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
- to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to draw; to attract
Synonyms
- (to breed):
- (to give rise to):