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): ㄗ ㄕㄥ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄕㄥ
    • 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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• 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:

      edit edit 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

1. to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply
2. 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)