滋滋

Chinese

		excite; nourish; this	excite; nourish; this
simp. and trad. (滋滋)		滋	滋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīzī

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zīzī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zihzih
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-tzŭ¹
  - Yale: dz̄-dz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzy
  - Palladius: цзыцзы (czyczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
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/

Middle Chinese: tsi tsi

Rime
Character	滋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子之切
Baxter	tsi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡siə/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ə [ts]ə/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯ ʔsɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	滋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ə/
English	abundant
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滋
Reading #	1/1
No.	17836
Phonetic component	兹
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	兹
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯ/

Adjective

滋滋

(literary, ideophonic) diligent; assiduous
(literary, ideophonic) interested; contented; happy

Derived terms

喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
樂滋滋／乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
潤滋滋／润滋滋
甜滋滋 (tiánzīzī)
癢滋滋／痒滋滋
美滋滋 (měizīzī)
黑滋滋

Noun

滋滋

An onomatopoeia.

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