HSK 6 · Adjectives

滋润 zīrùn “moist” in Chinese

Traditional 滋潤

What 滋润 means

  1. moist
  2. to moisten
  3. comfortable
  4. humid
  5. to provide moisture
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • comfortably off

How to say 滋润

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale滋zī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale润rùn4th tone, falling

滋润 in a sentence

  1. 春雨滋润着大地。

    Chūnyǔ zīrùn zhe dàdì.

    The spring rain moistens the land.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 退休以后，他的日子过得很滋润。

    Tuìxiū yǐhòu, tā de rìzi guò de hěn zīrùn.

    Since retiring, he’s been living very comfortably.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 滋润 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 滋 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
滋zīto grow
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 兹now · cíSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 兹 (cí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

The character 润 (rùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
润rùnmoist; glossy; sleek
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 闰intercalary · rùnSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 闰 (rùn) hints at the sound. Compare it with rùn.

How to write 滋润

滋 12 strokes · 润 10 strokes

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滋润 (zīrùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 滋润 (zīrùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 滋润

Words with 滋

滋味zīwèi · taste

Words with 润

湿润shīrùn · moist利润lìrùn · profits

More words: Adjectives

好hǎo · good庄重zhuāngzhòng · serious主导zhǔdǎo · dominant卓越zhuóyuè · outstanding自发zìfā · spontaneous自主zìzhǔ · independent纵横zònghéng · in all directions棕色zōngsè · brown

FAQs

滋润 (zīrùn) means “moist” or “to moisten”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zīrùn: zī with a 1st tone, then rùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 滋润 is written 滋潤. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zirun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 滋润 from the suggestions. Typing zirun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
滋润 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.