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滋
zī
1. to grow
2. to nourish
3. to increase
4. to cause
5. juice
6. taste
7. (dialect) to spout
8. to spurt
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

滋
zī
to grow, to nourish; to multiply, to thrive
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

爱滋
àizī
AIDS (loanword)
松滋
Sōngzī
Songzi county (Hubei)
滋事
zīshì
to cause trouble
滋味
zīwèi
taste
HSK 6
滋扰
zīrǎo
to cause trouble
滋润
zīrùn
moist
HSK 6
滋生
zīshēng
to breed
滋芽
zīyá
(dialect) to sprout
滋蔓
zīmàn
to grow and spread
滋补
zībǔ
nourishing
滋贺
Zīhè
Shiga prefecture in central Japan
滋长
zīzhǎng
to grow (usually of abstract things)
滋养
zīyǎng
to nourish
艾滋
àizī
AIDS (loanword)
松滋
Sōngzī
Songzi county level city in Jingzhou [[荊州|荆州<Jīngzhōu>]], Hubei
喜滋滋
xǐzīzī
pleased
多拿滋
duōnázī
doughnut (loanword)
爱滋病
àizībìng
variant of [[艾滋病<àizībìng>]]
乐滋滋
lèzīzī
(coll.) contented
滋补品
zībǔpǐn
tonic

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,930
Word Frequency Rank
5,051 of 84,292

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