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滋

zī

HSK 6 Character

What 滋 means

1. to grow
2. to nourish
3. to increase
4. to cause
5. juice
6. taste
7. dialectto spout
8. to spurt

Example sentences

• 我有艾滋病。
  I have HIV.
• 他感染了爱滋病。
  He got infected with HIV.
• 它的滋味真的很好。
  Tā de zīwèi zhēn de hěn hǎo.
  It tastes really good.
• 你知道悲伤的滋味么？
  Nǐ zhīdào bēishāng de zīwèi me?
  Do you know what sadness feels like?
• 我不知道乡愁的滋味。
  I don't know what it is to be homesick.
• 你知道悲伤的滋味幺？
  Do you know what sadness feels like?

Words starting with 滋

• 滋味zī wèitaste; flavor; feeling
• 滋长zī zhǎngto grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop
• 滋润zī rùnmoist; humid; to moisten
• 滋生zī shēngto breed; to flourish; to cause
• 滋养zī yǎngto nourish
• 滋补zī bǔnourishing; nutritious
• 滋事zī shìto cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
• 滋补品zī bǔ pǐntonic; invigorant
• 滋养层zī yǎng céngtrophoblastic layer (attaches fertilized ovum to the uterus); trophoderm
• 滋水枪zī shuǐ qiāngwater gun
• 滋扰zī rǎoto cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
• 滋贺Zī hèShiga (prefecture in Japan)
• 滋蔓zī mànto grow and spread
• 滋芽zī yá(dialect) to sprout; to germinate

Words containing 滋

• 艾滋病ài zī bìng(loanword) AIDS
• 不是滋味bù shì zī wèito be upset; to feel disgusted
• 有滋有味yǒu zī yǒu wèiflavorsome; (fig.) delightful; full of interest
• 美滋滋měi zī zīvery happy; elated
• 艾滋病毒ài zī bìng dúhuman immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus
• 喜滋滋xǐ zī zīpleased; happy
• 爱滋ài zīAIDS (loanword); see also 爱滋病
• 艾滋ài zī(loanword) AIDS
• 多拿滋duō ná zīdoughnut (loanword)
• 乐滋滋lè zī zī(colloquial) contented; happy
• 华尔滋huá ěr zī(Taiwan; loanword) waltz (dance)
• 多力多滋Duō lì duō zīDoritos (brand of tortilla chips)
• 爱滋病毒ài zī bìng dúHIV; the AIDS virus
• 方滋未艾fāng zī wèi àiflourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong…
• 艾滋病病毒ài zī bìng bìng dúHIV (human immunodeficiency virus)
• 松滋市Sōng zī ShìSongzi, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荆州市
• 肥滋滋féi zī zīfat; plump
• 美乃滋měi nǎi zīmayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)
• 寻衅滋事罪xún xìn zī shì zuìdisorderly behavior (PRC law)
• 酗酒滋事xù jiǔ zī shìdrunken fighting; to get drunk and quarrel
• 爱滋病ài zī bìngvariant of 艾滋病
• 松滋Sōng zīsee 松滋市

Characters built on 兹

These share the phonetic component 兹 (zī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 磁címagnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈cícompassionate; gentle; merciful
• 孳zīindustrious; produce; bear
• 鹚cíused in 鸬鹚
• 糍cíused in 糍粑
• 嵫zīsee 崦嵫

Characters that look like 滋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 液yè(bound form) a liquid; also pr. yì
• 溢yìto overflow; (literary) excessive; old variant of 镒
• 棘jíthorns
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up

Sounds the same

Read zī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 资resources; capital; to provide
• 咨(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 姿beauty; disposition; looks
• 兹(literary) this; (literary) now; (literary) year
• 缁Buddhists; black silk; dark
• 孜used in 孜孜
• 仔used in 仔肩
• 吱(onomatopoeia) chirp; squeak; creak
• 谘simplified form of 諮…
• 龇to bare (one's teeth)
• 淄black; name of a river
• 孳industrious; produce; bear