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Definitions

  1. 1. self
  2. 2. oneself
  3. 3. sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  4. 4. sixth in order
  5. 5. letter \F\ or Roman \VI\ in list \A
  6. 6. B
  7. 7. C\, or \I
  8. 8. II
  9. 9. III\ etc
  10. 10. hexa

Example Sentences

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你應該為你自 感到羞恥。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 907260)

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Words Containing 己

为己任
wéi jǐ rèn

to make it one's business

己丑
jǐ chǒu

twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069

蓝颜知己
lán yán zhī jǐ

close male friend

知己知彼,百战不殆
zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])

安分守己
ān fèn shǒu jǐ

to be content with one's lot (idiom)

反求诸己
fǎn qiú zhū jǐ

to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else

瞒心昧己
mán xīn mèi jǐ

to blot out one's conscience

事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ

a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)

不以物喜,不以己悲
bù yǐ wù xǐ , bù yǐ jǐ bēi

not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself

舍己
shě jǐ

selfless

严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén

to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)

己型肝炎
jǐ xíng gān yán

hepatitis F

舍己为人
shě jǐ wèi rén

to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people

金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝
jīn wō yín wō bù rú zì jǐ de gǒu wō

there's no place like home (idiom)

损人不利己
sǔn rén bù lì jǐ

to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)

视同己出
shì tóng jǐ chū

to regard sb as one's own child

严以律己
yán yǐ lǜ jǐ

to be strict with oneself (idiom)

己未
jǐ wèi

fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039

事不关己,高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ

to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

知己
zhī jǐ

to know oneself

回家吃自己
huí jiā chī zì jǐ

to be fired

梯己
tī ji

intimate

利己主义
lì jǐ zhǔ yì

egoism

自己人
zì jǐ rén

those on our side

占为己有
zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

诛锄异己
zhū chú yì jǐ

to wipe out dissenters

红颜知己
hóng yán zhī jǐ

close female friend

搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

to move a stone and stub one's toe

知己知彼
zhī jǐ zhī bǐ

know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])

海内存知己,天涯若比邻
hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ , tiān yá ruò bǐ lín

close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door

与人方便,自己方便
yǔ rén fāng biàn , zì jǐ fāng biàn

Help others, and others may help you (idiom).

士为知己者死,女为悦己者容
shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng

a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart

据为己有
jù wéi jǐ yǒu

to take for one's own

各抒己见
gè shū jǐ jiàn

everyone gives their own view

己亥
jǐ hài

thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019

求人不如求己
qiú rén bù rú qiú jǐ

if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo

a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)

损人利己
sǔn rén lì jǐ

harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others

固执己见
gù zhí jǐ jiàn

to persist in one's views

人在江湖,身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ

you can't always do as you like

己所不欲,勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén

What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)

威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ

to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)

各执己见
gè zhí jǐ jiàn

each sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

爱人如己
ài rén rú jǐ

love others as self

孔乙己
kǒng yǐ jǐ

Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]

一己
yī jǐ

oneself

体己
tī ji

intimate

各持己见
gè chí jǐ jiàn

each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout

妲己
dá jǐ

Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[zhòu xīn]

搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)

自己
zì jǐ

oneself

体己钱
tī ji qián

private saved money of close family members

虚己以听
xū jǐ yǐ tīng

to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)

身不由己
shēn bù yóu jǐ

without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary

己方
jǐ fāng

our side

小己
xiǎo jǐ

an individual

己见
jǐ jiàn

one's own viewpoint

利己
lì jǐ

personal profit

克己
kè jǐ

self-restraint

严于律己
yán yú lǜ jǐ

to be strict with oneself

己巳
jǐ sì

sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049

人不为己,天诛地灭
rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.

知彼知己
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ

to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)

奉公克己
fèng gōng kè jǐ

self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication

知彼知己,百战不殆
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)

己卯
jǐ mǎo

sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059

克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng

self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication

异己
yì jǐ

dissident

克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ

restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties

若要人不知,除非己莫为
ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

舍己为公
shě jǐ wèi gōng

to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically

己糖
jǐ táng

hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖[pú tao táng]

自己动手
zì jǐ dòng shǒu

to do (sth) oneself

做自己
zuò zì jǐ

to be oneself

己酉
jǐ yǒu

forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029

舍己救人
shě jǐ jiù rén

to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people

视为知己
shì wéi zhī jǐ

to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence