孳乳

Chinese

		industrious; produce; bear	breast; milk
simp. and trad. (孳乳)		孳	乳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīrǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄖㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zīrǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄖㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyruu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zihrǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-ju³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: jī yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Verb

孳乳

(literary) to multiply; to propagate
文者，物象之本；字者，言孳乳而寖多也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: 《說文解字》序
Wén zhě, wùxiàng zhī běn; zì zhě, yán zīrǔ ér jìnduō yě. [Pinyin]
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Derived terms

孳乳字 (zīrǔzì)

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