殖 (zhí): to grow, to reproduce
殖 (zhí) is a Chinese character meaning “to grow.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 歹 (semantic) and 直 (phonetic). It ranks #1429 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 殖 corpse. Its radical form 歹 (death) appears in many related characters such as 死 (sǐ, to die), 殊 (shū, (literary) to kill), 残 (cán, to destroy).
Definitions
- to grow
- to reproduce
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 殖
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殖民地 | zhí mín dì | colony |
| 生殖器 | shēng zhí qì | reproductive organ |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | to reproduce |
| 养殖 | yǎng zhí | to raise |
| 增殖 | zēng zhí | growth |
| 生殖腺 | shēng zhí xiàn | gonad |
| 殖民主义 | zhí mín zhǔ yì | colonialism |
| 养殖业 | yǎng zhí yè | cultivation industry |
| 有性生殖 | yǒu xìng shēng zhí | sexual reproduction |
| 新殖民主义 | xīn zhí mín zhǔ yì | neocolonialism |
| 生殖系统 | shēng zhí xì tǒng | reproductive system |
| 新殖民化 | xīn zhí mín huà | neocolonialization |
| 半封建半殖民地 | bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì | semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang) |
| 生殖力 | shēng zhí lì | fertility |
殖 appears in 50 compound words: 10 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 52 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 殖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
殖字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
zhí zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "殖" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
男科检查一般检查什么?外生殖器外观和睾丸触诊是基础吗
nán kē jiǎn chá yī bān jiǎn chá shén má ? wài shēng zhí qì wài guàn hé 睾 wán chù zhěn shì jī chǔ ma
What is commonly checked for andrology? Is external genital appearance and testicular palpation fundamental?
男性生殖怎么检查?阴囊彩超能发现精索静脉曲张吗
nán xìng shēng zhí zěn má jiǎn chá ? yīn náng cǎi chāo néng fā xiàn jīng suǒ jìng mài qū zhāng ma
How to check male reproduction? Can scrotal color ultrasound detect varicocele?
男科怎么检查?是否需要脱裤子做外生殖器视诊和触诊
nán kē zěn má jiǎn chá ? shì fǒu xū yāo tuō kù zǐ zuò wài shēng zhí qì shì zhěn hé chù zhěn
How to check andrology? Whether it is necessary to take off the pants for external genital examination and palpation
...0984B、00959B...债券ETF殖利率仍处高档!法人:配息多、价格稳
. . . 0 9 8 4 B , 0 0 9 5 9 B . . . zhài quàn E T F zhí lì lǜ réng chǔ gāo dàng ! fǎ rén : pèi xī duō , jià gé wěn
... 0984B、00959B... Bond ETF yields are still at a high level! Legal person: many dividends and stable prices
男生小便完甩一下后要不要洗手?接触生殖器后必须清洁吗
nán shēng xiǎo biàn wán shuǎi yī xià hòu yāo bù yāo xǐ shǒu ? jiē chù shēng zhí qì hòu bì xū qīng jié ma
Should boys wash their hands after urinating? Is it mandatory to clean the genitals after touching them?
尼日利亚曾经是英国的殖民地。
Nírìlìyà céngjīng shì Yīngguó de zhímíndì.
At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
有人说中国像是俄国的殖民地。
Yǒurén shuōzhòng guó xiàng shì éguó de zhímíndì.
Some say that China was like a Russian colony.
雅尼画的花看起来像女性生殖器。
Yǎ ní huà de huā kànqǐlai xiàng nǚxìng shēngzhíqì.
Yanni painted flowers that looked like vaginas.
数月后，牠们回到了北极的繁殖地。
Shùyuè hòu, tā men huídào le běijí de fánzhí de.
A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
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