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滋

zī

grow, multiply, increase; thrive

Strokes
12
Radical
水
HSK
6
Tone
1

Other readings: xuán

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 它的滋味真的很好。

    Tā de zī wèi zhēn de hěn hǎo

    It tastes really good.

  • 你知不知道思念的滋味?

    Nǐ zhī bù zhī dào sī niàn de zī wèi

    Do you know the taste of thought?

  • 你知道悲伤的滋味么?

    Nǐ zhī dào bēi shāng de zī wèi me

    Do you know what sadness feels like?

  • 我不知道乡愁的滋味。

    Wǒ bù zhī dào xiāng chóu de zī wèi

    I don't know what it is to be homesick.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 滋

  • 滋味zī wèi 1–4 taste; flavor; feeling
  • 滋长zī zhǎng 1–3 to grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop
  • 艾滋病ài zī bìng 4–1–4AIDS (loanword)
  • 滋润zī rùn 1–4 moist; humid; to moisten; to provide moisture; comfortably off
  • 美滋滋měi zī zī 3–1–1very happy; elated