孜孜矻矻

Chinese

		hard-working; industrious	hard-working; industrious	to toil	to toil
simp. and trad. (孜孜矻矻)		孜	孜	矻	矻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīzīkūkū, zīzīkùkù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄗ ㄎㄨ ㄎㄨ, ㄗ ㄗ ㄎㄨˋ ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹ ngat⁶ ngat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzīkūkū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄗ ㄎㄨ ㄎㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihzihkuku
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-tzŭ¹-kʻu¹-kʻu¹
    • Yale: dz̄-dz̄-kū-kū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzykuku
    • Palladius: цзыцзыкуку (czyczykuku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzīkùkù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄗ ㄎㄨˋ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihzihkùkù
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-tzŭ¹-kʻu⁴-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-dz̄-kù-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzykuhkuh
    • Palladius: цзыцзыкуку (czyczykuku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zi¹ ngat⁶ ngat⁶
    • Yale: jī jī ngaht ngaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzi¹ ngat⁹ ngat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ji¹ nged⁶ nged⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ ŋɐt̚² ŋɐt̚²/

Adverb

孜孜矻矻

1. diligently