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滋生

滋生 (zī shēng): Breed (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

滋生 consists of 2 characters.

to grow, to multiply, to nourish

to give birth, to produce, to grow

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Pinyinzī shēng

Meaningbreed

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word滋生

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How to Use 滋生 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 滋生 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verbwith容易

róng容

yì易

zī滋

shēng生

neutral

easily breed

Verb + Object

zī滋

shēng生

xì细

jūn菌

neutral

breed bacteria

Verb + Verbwith蔓延

zī滋

shēng生

màn蔓

yán延

4.

Example Sentences with 滋生

zhè这

lǐ里

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

shuǐ水

，

zī滋

shēng生

fǔ腐

bài败

formalWritten

breed corruption

formal

Written

breed and spread

róng

容

yì易

zī滋

shēng生

wén蚊

zi子

。

There is a lot of water here, which easily breeds mosquitoes.

cháng长

qī期

de的

xīn心

lǐ理

yā压

yì抑

róng容

yì易

zī滋

shēng生

yán严

zhòng重

de的

jiāo焦

lǜ虑

qíng情

xù绪

。

Long-term psychological repression can easily breed severe anxiety.

zhè这

zhǒng种

bú不

fù负

zé责

rèn任

de的

yán言

lùn论

nán难

dào道

bú不

huì会

zī滋

shēng生

shè社

huì会

duì对

lì立

ma吗

？

Won't this kind of irresponsible rhetoric breed social antagonism?

cháo潮

shī湿

de的

huán环

jìng境

róng容

yì易

zī滋

shēng生

xì细

jūn菌

，

wǒ我

men们

yào要

bǎo保

chí持

gān干

zào燥

。

Damp environments easily breed bacteria, so we need to keep things dry.

liáng良

hǎo好

de的

gōu沟

tōng通

jī机

zhì制

cóng从

wèi未

zī滋

shēng生

guò过

tuán团

duì队

nèi内

bù部

de的

cāi猜

jì忌

。

A good communication mechanism has never bred suspicion within the team.

rú如

guǒ果

guǎn管

lǐ理

sōng松

xiè懈

，

fǔ腐

bài败

xiàn现

xiàng象

jiù就

huì会

zài在

jī机

gòu构

zhōng中

qiǎo悄

rán然

zī滋

shēng生

。

If management is lax, corruption will quietly breed within the institution.

rú如

guǒ果

wèn问

tí题

bù不

jí及

shí时

jiě解

jué决

，

kě可

néng能

huì会

zī滋

shēng生

gèng更

duō多

de的

máo矛

dùn盾

。

If problems are not resolved in time, they may breed more conflicts.

chú厨

fáng房

de的

jiǎo角

luò落

tài太

cháo潮

shī湿

le了

，

wǒ我

dān担

xīn心

huì会

zī滋

shēng生

zhāng蟑

láng螂

。

The corner of the kitchen is too damp; I'm worried it will breed cockroaches.

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