孜孜

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Chinese

hard-working; industrious hard-working; industrious
simp. and trad.
(孜孜)
alternative forms 孳孳
咨咨 “focused”
滋滋 suffix

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨ/
Li
Rong
/t͡siə/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡si/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17854
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslɯ/

Adjective

孜孜 (literary, ideophonic)

  1. diligent; hardworking; industrious; assiduous
  2. absorbed; focused; with rapt attention
  3. earnest; eager; persistent
  4. incessant; ceaseless; non-stop
  5. harmonious and happy; beautiful; gentle
  6. alone; by oneself
  7. used as an augmentative or expressive suffix to form ideophonic adjectives.

Derived terms