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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zī | zi1
English translation
diligent, hard-working

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Idiomatic phrase / 习用语 Xí yòngyǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

子攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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de 经验 jīngyàn 教训 jiàoxun ,不过 bùguò shì cāng nèi 孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn de 夜校 yè xiào 学生 xuésheng Zhōng 多数 duō shù rén de 经验教训罢了 bà le .

His experience was only the experience of the majority of that industrious night - school in the cabin.

duì 质量 zhìliàng 孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn de 追求 zhuīqiú 使 shǐ de 技能 jì néng 出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì

Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hard-working
孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn assiduous (in study)孜孜不倦 zī zī bù juàn
孜孜以求 zī zī yǐ qiú diligent and tireless (idiom)孜孜以求 zī zī yǐ qiú
孜孜 zī zī diligent孜孜 zī zī
甘孜 Gān zī Garze or Kandze, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [Gān​zī​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan甘孜 Gān zī
甘孜州 Gān zī zhōu Garze or Kandze, Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul), formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan甘孜州 Gān zī zhōu
江孜 Jiāng zī Gyangzê town and county, Tibetan: Rgyal rtse, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet江孜 Jiāng zī
柯尔克孜 Kē ěr kè zī Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang柯爾克孜
柯尔克孜族 Kē ěr kè zī zú Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang柯爾克孜族
拉孜 Lā zī Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet拉孜 Lā zī
克孜勒苏 Kè zī lè sū Qizilsu or Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang克孜勒蘇
乌孜别克 Wū zī bié kè Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang烏孜別克
江孜县 Jiāng zī xiàn Gyangzê county, Tibetan: Rgyal rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet江孜縣
拉孜县 Lā zī xiàn Lhazê county, Tibetan: Lha rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet拉孜縣
达孜县 Dá zī xiàn Dagzê county, Tibetan: Stag rtse rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨 Lā sà [Lā​sà], Tibet達孜縣
克孜勒 Kè zī lè Kyzyl, capital of Tuva 圖瓦|图瓦 Tú wǎ [Tú​wǎ]克孜勒 Kè zī lè
乌孜别克族 Wū zī bié kè zú Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang烏孜別克族
甘孜县 Gān zī xiàn Garzê county (Tibetan: dkar mdzes rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 Gān zī Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [Gān​zī​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)甘孜縣
达孜 Dá zī Dagzê county, Tibetan: Stag rtse rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨 Lā sà [Lā​sà], Tibet達孜
肉孜节 Ròu zī jié Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan肉孜節
孜孜矻矻 zī zī kū kū diligently孜孜矻矻 zī zī kū kū
江孜地区 Jiāng zī dì qū Gyangzê county, Tibetan: Rgyal rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet江孜地區
江孜镇 Jiāng zī zhèn Gyangzê town, Tibetan: Rgyal rtse, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet江孜鎮
董阳孜 Dǒng Yáng zī Grace Tong (Tong Yangtze) (1942-), Taiwanese calligrapher董陽孜

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