知足

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (知足)		知	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tî-chiuk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ti-chiok
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy ⁷tsoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihzú
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-tsu²
    • Yale: jr̄-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jytzwu
    • Palladius: чжицзу (čžiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: jī jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 枝竹 知足

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tî-chiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: di´ jiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: di¹ jiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ti²⁴ t͡si̯uk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: ti-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diciog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ t͡siɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy ⁷tsoq
    • MiniDict: tsy^平 tsoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr ⁴tsoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁴⁴  t͡soʔ⁵⁵/

Verb

知足

1. to be content with one's lot; to be satisfied with one's life; to be fulfilled

   你就知足吧！  ―  Nǐ jiù zhīzú ba!  ―  Just appreciate what you've got already!

Derived terms

• 不知足
• 知足不辱
• 知足常樂／知足常乐 (zhīzúchánglè)
• 知足知止