滋長

See also: 滋长

Chinese

		excite; nourish; this	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (滋長)		滋	長
simp. (滋长)		滋	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chir-tióng / chu-tióng / chu-tiáng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-chang³
    • Yale: dz̄-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyjaang
    • Palladius: цзычжан (czyčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zoeng²
    • Yale: jī jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-tióng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'diorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-tiáng
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-tiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'diarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁵³/

Verb

滋長

1. (literal, of an organism) to grow
2. (figurative, of an abstract thing) to develop; to grow

Synonyms

• (to grow): 生長／生长 (shēngzhǎng)
• (to develop):

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• 嬗變／嬗变 (shànbiàn) (literary)
• 拓展 (tuòzhǎn)
• 流變／流变 (liúbiàn)
• 演變／演变 (yǎnbiàn)
• 發展／发展 (fāzhǎn)