孜孜
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[edit]hard-working; industrious | hard-working; industrious | ||
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simp. and trad. (孜孜) |
孜 | 孜 | |
alternative forms | 孳孳 咨咨 “focused” 滋滋 suffix |
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zihzih
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ1-tzŭ1
- Yale: dz̄-dz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzy
- Palladius: цзыцзы (czyczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 zi1
- Yale: jī jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: tsi tsi
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslɯ ʔslɯ/
Adjective
[edit]孜孜 (literary, ideophonic)
- diligent; hardworking; industrious; assiduous
- 予何言?予思日孜孜。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yú hé yán? Yú sī rì zīzī. [Pinyin]
- What can I say? I think of maintaining a daily assiduity.
- absorbed; focused; with rapt attention
- earnest; eager; persistent
- incessant; ceaseless; non-stop
- harmonious and happy; beautiful; gentle
- alone; by oneself
- used as an augmentative or expressive suffix to form ideophonic adjectives.