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滋生

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

(to multiply): 孳生

Verb

滋生

to multiply; to breed
to cause

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zīshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): chir-sng / chu-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zīshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzysheng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    孳生
    滋生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ sang¹
  - Yale: jī sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/