滋生

Chinese

		excite; nourish; this	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (滋生)		滋	生
alternative forms		孳生 to breed

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ sang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chir-sng / chu-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zīshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zihsheng
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: dz̄-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzysheng
  - Palladius: цзышэн (czyšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    孳生
    滋生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi¹ sang¹
  - Yale: jī sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    孳生
    滋生
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-sng
  - Tâi-lô: tsir-sng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tsu-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zusefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

滋生

to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to draw; to attract

Synonyms

(to breed):

乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
增生 (zēngshēng)
生息 (shēngxī)
生殖 (shēngzhí)
繁殖 (fánzhí)
繁育 (fányù)
繁衍 (fányǎn)

(to give rise to):

喚起／唤起 (huànqǐ)
導發／导发 (dǎofā)
引發／引发 (yǐnfā)
引起 (yǐnqǐ)
招
招惹 (zhāorě)
挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
掀動／掀动 (xiāndòng)
觸發／触发 (chùfā)

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