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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zī | zi1
English translation
to grow
to nourish
to increase
to cause
juice
taste
(dialect) to spout
to spurt
to grow, to nourish; to multiply, to thrive

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵兹

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

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xiāng wěi ,还有 hái yǒu 厚实 hòu shi de 鸡蛋 jīdàn 美奶面包 miànbāo .

Chilli Tuna with a thick layer of egg mayo on our bread!

méi 挨过饿 è de rén 知道 zhīdào 饥饿 jīè shì 什么 shénme 滋味 zīwèi .

Those who have not known hunger can never imagine how it feels.

chèn de 清洁 qīngjié Fāng wéi 滋养 zī yǎng ”.

He called his cleaning method the nutrient film technique.

hǎo tián zhǐ , 滋润 zīrùn le 许多 xǔduō 农民 nóngmín 贫困户.

Very sweet a pear, moist a lot of farmers and poverty door.

如果 rúguǒ de 体液 tǐ yè rǎn yǒu HIV zhě 的体液接触 jiēchù , jiù huì 染上 rǎn shàng 艾滋病 aì zī bìng .

You can contract Aids if your bodily fluids come into contact with the bodily fluids of someone else who is infected with HIV.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
滋味 zīwèi taste滋味 zīwèi
艾滋病 aì zī bìng AIDS (loanword)艾滋病 aì zī bìng
to grow
滋润 zīrùn moist滋潤
滋生 zī shēng to breed滋生 zī shēng
滋养 zī yǎng to nourish滋養
艾滋 aì zī AIDS (loanword)艾滋 aì zī
爱滋病 aì zī bìng AIDS (loanword)愛滋病
艾滋病毒 aì zī bìng dú the AIDS virus艾滋病毒 aì zī bìng dú
滋补 zī bǔ nourishing滋補
爱滋 aì zī AIDS (loanword)愛滋
滋事 zī shì to cause trouble滋事 zī shì
滋长 zī zhǎng to yield滋長
美滋滋 měi zī zī very happy美滋滋 měi zī zī
喜滋滋 xǐ zī zī pleased喜滋滋 xǐ zī zī
滋补品 zī bǔ pǐn tonic滋補品
乐滋滋 lè zī zī happy樂滋滋
滋扰 zī rǎo to cause trouble滋擾
滋养层 zī yǎng céng trophoderm滋養層

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Decomposition

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