滋
zī
Pinyin

Definition

滋
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zī
  1. to grow
  2. to nourish
  3. to increase
  4. to cause
  5. juice
  6. taste
  7. (dialect) to spout
  8. to spurt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

滋味
zī wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 flavor
  3. 3 feeling
滋润
zī rùn
  1. 1 moist
  2. 2 humid
  3. 3 to moisten
  4. 4 to provide moisture
  5. 5 comfortably off
有滋有味
yǒu zī yǒu wèi
  1. 1 flavorsome
  2. 2 (fig.) delightful
  3. 3 full of interest
滋生
zī shēng
  1. 1 to breed
  2. 2 to flourish
  3. 3 to cause
  4. 4 to provoke
  5. 5 to create
滋补
zī bǔ
  1. 1 nourishing
  2. 2 nutritious
滋养
zī yǎng
  1. 1 to nourish
美滋滋
měi zī zī
  1. 1 very happy
  2. 2 elated
艾滋病
ài zī bìng
  1. 1 AIDS (loanword)
喜滋滋
xǐ zī zī
  1. 1 pleased
  2. 2 happy
多拿滋
duō ná zī
  1. 1 doughnut (loanword)
爱滋
ài zī
  1. 1 AIDS (loanword)
  2. 2 see also 愛滋病|爱滋病[ài zī bìng]
爱滋病
ài zī bìng
  1. 1 variant of 艾滋病[ài zī bìng]
松滋
Sōng zī
  1. 1 Songzi county (Hubei)
乐滋滋
lè zī zī
  1. 1 (coll.) contented
  2. 2 happy
滋
zī
  1. 1 to grow
  2. 2 to nourish
  3. 3 to increase
  4. 4 to cause
  5. 5 juice
  6. 6 taste
  7. 7 (dialect) to spout
  8. 8 to spurt
滋事
zī shì
  1. 1 to cause trouble
  2. 2 to provoke a dispute
滋扰
zī rǎo
  1. 1 to cause trouble
  2. 2 to provoke a dispute
滋补品
zī bǔ pǐn
  1. 1 tonic
  2. 2 invigorant
滋贺县
Zī hè xiàn
  1. 1 Shiga prefecture in central Japan
滋长
zī zhǎng
  1. 1 to grow (usually of abstract things)
  2. 2 to yield
  3. 3 to develop

Idioms (1)

方滋未艾
fāng zī wèi ài
  1. 1 flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
  2. 2 still growing strong
  3. 3 on the up

Sample Sentences

现在很多学生，上课的时候不是在打盹儿，就是在和哥们儿聊天儿，没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了，很不是滋味儿。
xiànzài hěnduō xuésheng ，shàngkè de shíhou búshi zài dǎdǔnr5 ，jiùshì zài hé gēmenr liáotiānr5 ，méi jǐge hǎohāor tīngkè 、bǎ lǎoshī dāng huí shìr5 de 。lǎoshī men kàn le ，hěn búshi zīwèier 。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
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晚上驴友们一起弹吉他、唱歌、聊天，体验淳朴的生活，独自旅行的朋友在这里可以告别孤独的滋味了。
wǎnshang lu:2yǒu men yīqǐ dàn jítā 、chànggē 、liáotiān ，tǐyàn chúnpǔ de shēnghuó ，dúzì lu:3xíng de péngyou zài zhèlǐ kěyǐ gàobié gūdú de zīwèi le 。
In the evening, backpackers play guitar, sing, chat, and experience a simple life. Friends who travel alone can say goodbye to loneliness.
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贫穷限制了我的想象力:有钱人的生活你无法想象，虽然是一句玩笑话，但多少有些扎心，的确每天吃馒头的孩子根本无法想象满汉全席的滋味。
pínqióng xiànzhì le wǒ de xiǎngxiànglì yǒuqiánrén de shēnghuó nǐ wúfǎ xiǎngxiàng ，suīrán shì yījù wánxiàohuà ，dàn duōshao yǒuxiē zhāxīn ，díquè měitiān chī mántou de háizi gēnběnwúfǎ xiǎngxiàng MǎnHànquánxí de zīwèi 。
Poverty limits my imagination: You cannot imagine the lives of wealthy people. Although it is said as a joke, it is somewhat " Zha1 Xin1". It is true that the children who eat steamed bread every day cannot imagine the taste of a formal banquet of Manchurian and Chinese delicacies.
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期待吃下第一口烤肉的那一刻，绝对是苦尽甘来的滋味。
qīdài chī xià dì yī kǒu kǎoròu de nà yī kè ，juéduì shì kǔjìngānlái de zīwèi 。
I'm looking forward to the first taste of barbecued meat, then all our hard work will be over and we can let the good times roll.
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所以还是要靠自己努力，靠低保吃饭都不一定够，更不用说看病之类的了。哎，据说有些高福利国家的人想工作就工作，不想工作就不工作，靠低保日子过得也很滋润？
suǒyǐ háishì yào kào zìjǐ nǔlì ，kào dībǎo chīfàn dōu bùyīdìng gòu ，gèngbùyòngshuō kànbìng zhīlèi de le 。āi ，jùshuō yǒuxiē gāo fúlì guójiā de rén xiǎng gōngzuò jiù gōngzuò ，bù xiǎng gōngzuò jiù bù gōngzuò ，kào dībǎo rìzi guò de yě hěn zīrùn ？
So they still have to rely on their own hard work. Relying on welfare payments to eat definitely isn't enough, and that doesn't even consider medical treatment and things like that. Jeez, I've heard that people in some welfare states can work if they want to, or not work if they don't want to, and still live their days comfortably on welfare.
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节目里说，目前大概有2000万同性恋，有90%会选择跟异性结婚。因为父母逼婚等原因，大部分同性恋会结婚生子。嫁给同性恋，一生的幸福就被毁了。冷暴力，出轨，还有艾滋！
jiémù lǐ shuō ，mùqián dàgài yǒu liǎngqiānwàn tóngxìngliàn ，yǒu bǎifēnzhījiǔshí huì xuǎnzé gēn yìxìng jiéhūn 。yīnwèi fùmǔ bīhūn děng yuányīn ，dàbùfen tóngxìngliàn huì jiéhūn shēngzǐ 。jiàgěi tóngxìngliàn ，yīshēng de xìngfú jiù bèi huǐ le 。lěngbàolì ，chūguǐ ，háiyǒu àizī ！
In the program they said that now there are about 20 million homosexuals and that 90 percent of them choose to marry with the opposite sex. Because of reasons like their parents compelling them to get married, most homosexuals get married and have kids. Marrying a homosexual takes all the happiness out of life. Emotional neglect, infidelity and even AIDS!
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滋味
zīwèi
taste (not used in reference to food, used as a metaphor for personal experiences, often in written language)
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生活的滋味。
shēnghuó de zīwèi 。
taste of life
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牙痛的滋味很让人受不了。
yátòng de zīwèi hěn ràng rén shòubuliǎo 。
The experience of a toothache is unbearable.
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当妈妈有一种很幸福的滋味。
dāng māma yǒu yī zhǒng hěn xìngfú de zīwèi 。
Becoming a mother is a kind of happy experience.
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