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自己

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zì jǐ
HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. oneself
  2. 2. one's own

Example Sentences

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自己 做!
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10533274)
你應該為你 自己 感到羞恥。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 907260)
瑪麗給 自己 買了個顯微鏡。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10305836)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 自己

做自己
zuò zì jǐ

to be oneself

回家吃自己
huí jiā chī zì jǐ

to be fired

威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ

to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)

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

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)

自己人
zì jǐ rén

those on our side

自己动手
zì jǐ dòng shǒu

to do (sth) oneself

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

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

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)

Child Words of 自己

自
zì

self

己
jǐ

self

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