孜孜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīzī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chu-chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄗ
    • 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuzw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³ t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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.