孜孜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīzī

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹
Min Nan (POJ): chu-chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zīzī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ zi¹
  - Yale: jī jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

孜孜

(literary, ideophonic)

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

Derived terms

喜孜孜
孜孜不倦 (zīzībùjuàn)
孜孜不已
孜孜不怠
孜孜不懈
孜孜不輟／孜孜不辍
孜孜以求
孜孜汲汲

孜孜無怠／孜孜无怠
孜孜矻矻
念孜孜
意孜孜
樂孜孜／乐孜孜
美孜孜
苦孜孜

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