孜孜不倦

Chinese edit

		diligent; hardworking; industrious diligent; hardworking; industrious; assiduous; absorbed; focused; with rapt attention	to not get tired
simp. and trad. (孜孜不倦)		孜孜	不倦
alternative forms		孳孳不倦

Etymology edit

From the Records of the Three Kingdoms:

自去長史，優遊無事垂三十年。乃更潛心典籍，孜孜不倦。年踰八十，猶手自校書，刊定謬誤。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

自去长史，优游无事垂三十年。乃更潜心典籍，孜孜不倦。年逾八十，犹手自校书，刊定谬误。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

Zì qù zhǎngshǐ, yōuyóu wúshì chuí sānshí nián. Nǎi gèng qiánxīn diǎnjí, zīzī bùjuàn. Nián yú bāshí, yóu shǒu zì jiàoshū, kāndìng miùwù. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīzībùjuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄗㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zi¹ bat¹ gyun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zīzībùjuàn [Phonetic: zīzībújuàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄗㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zihzihbùjyuàn
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-tzŭ¹-pu⁴-chüan⁴
  - Yale: dz̄-dz̄-bù-jywàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzytzybujiuann
  - Palladius: цзыцзыбуцзюань (czyczybuczjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ zi¹ bat¹ gyun⁶
  - Yale: jī jī bāt gyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzi¹ bat⁷ gyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ji¹ bed¹ gün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kyːn²²/

Idiom edit

孜孜不倦

diligent; assiduous