滋
zī HSK7

grow

滋 zī
cause verb
to cause, provoke, or give rise to

他这种性格最容易滋麻烦。

tā zhè zhǒng xìng​gé zuì róng​yì zī má​fan.

His personality is the type that easily breeds trouble.

juice adverb
juice, taste, or flavor

这汤里一点滋都没有，你是不是忘了放盐？

zhè tāng lǐ yī​diǎn zī dōu méi​yǒu, nǐ shì bù shì wàng le fàng yán?

This soup has no flavor at all; did you forget to add salt?

nourish verb
to grow, nourish, or increase

这种补品具有滋阴润肺的功效，对身体很好。

zhè zhǒng bǔ​pǐn jù​yǒu zī yīn rùn​fèi de gōng​xiào, duì shēn​tǐ hěn hǎo.

This supplement has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, which is very good for your health.

spurt verb
to spout or spurt (dialect usage)

水从管子的裂缝里滋了出来。

shuǐ cóng guǎn​zi de liè​fèng lǐ zī le chū​lái.

Water squirted out from the crack in the pipe.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,931st most common 40.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,847th most common 25.4 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.40 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
11.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+6ECB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)