Cantonese Dictionary

孜孜

zi1 zi1

Mandarin: zi1 zi1

diligent; industrious; hardworking

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孜孜從事

zi1 zi1 cung4 si6

Mandarin: zi1 zi1 cong2 shi4

to peg away at; to plod

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孜然

zi1 jin4

Mandarin: zi1 ran2

cumin

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孨

zyun2

Mandarin: zhuan3

cautious; cowardly; an orphan; house, wife, and car, a modern definition to define a successful man

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孱

zaan6

Mandarin: can4

(dialect) weakling | coward | weak | frail | # adapted from cc-cedict

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孳

zi1

Mandarin: zi1

industrious | produce | bear | to breed in large numbers | # adapted from cc-cedict

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孳孳不倦

zi1 zi1 bat1 gyun6

Mandarin: zi1 zi1 bu4 juan4

variant of 孜孜不倦

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孳孳為利

zi1 zi1 wai4 lei6

Mandarin: zi1 zi1 wei2 li4

to work untiringly day and night for money

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孳孳為善

zi1 zi1 wai4 sin6

Mandarin: zi1 zi1 wei2 shan4

to persist in doing good; to persevere in doing good

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孳息

zi1 sik1

Mandarin: zi1 xi1

Fructus

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孳息率

zi1 sik1 leot6*2

Mandarin: zi1 xi1 (PRC) / xi2 (TW) lv4

(economics) yield rate

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孳生

zi1 sang1

Mandarin: zi1 sheng1

to grow and proliferate; to grow and multiply; to breed

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孳衍

zi1 jin5

Mandarin: zi1 yan3

proliferate; multiply; to grow in number

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宅

zaak2

Mandarin: zhai2

residence | (coll.) to stay in at home | to hang around at home | house | home | dwelling | grave | # adapted from cc-cedict

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宅

zaak6 zaak6*2

Mandarin: zhai2

house; residence; dwelling; abode; home

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宅心

zaak6 sam1

Mandarin: zhai2 xin1

intention

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宅心仁厚

zaak6 sam1 jan4 hau5

Mandarin: zhai2 xin1 ren2 hou4

have a kind and generous nature

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宅急便

zaak6 gap1 bin6

Mandarin: zhai2 ji2 bian4

Ta-Q-Bin, Takkyubin, an express delivery service company.

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宅第

zaak6 dai6

Mandarin: zhai2 di4

mansion

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宗

zung1

Mandarin: zong1

school | sect | purpose | model | ancestor | clan | to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) | classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | lineage | ancestry | great master | # adapted from cc-cedict

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宗教

zung1 gaau3

Mandarin: zong1 jiao4

religion

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宗教改革

zung1 gaau3 goi2 gaak3

Mandarin: zong1 jiao4 gai3 ge2

(Protestant) Reformation

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宗族

zung1 zuk6

Mandarin: zong1 zu2

clan

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宗旨

zung1 zi2

Mandarin: zong1 zhi3

objective; aim; goal

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宗法

zung1 faat3

Mandarin: zong1 fa3

a political system in ancient China, which is based on consanguinity

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宗派

zung1 paai3

Mandarin: zong1 pai4

(religious) sect; denomination

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宗祠

zung1 ci4

Mandarin: zong1 ci2

ancestral shrine

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宗筋

zung1 gan1

Mandarin: zong1 jin1

penis (in Chinese medicine), lit., the "progenitorial sinew"

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宙

zau6

Mandarin: zhou4

universe | infinite time | time without beginning or end | eternity | time as a concept | # adapted from cc-cedict

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宙斯

zau6 si1

Mandarin: zhou4 si1

Zeus

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