自 zì
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adverb
naturally / of course / certainly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 自然 (CCD 1 '自' 1; GHDC '自' 4; Han Dian '自' adv 1) -
preposition
from / since
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In the sense of 从 (CCD 2 '自'; GHDC '自' 5; Han Dian '自' prep; Rouzer 2007, p. 6) -
pronoun
self / oneself / itself
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 自 means 自己. In Literary Chinese this relfexive personal pronoun always occurs in front of a verb (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 83). For example, 所謂誠其意者，毋自欺也 What is meant by 'making the thoughts sincere.' is the allowing no self-deception.' (The Classic of Rites, The Great Learning《禮記‧大學》, trans. by Legge 1885; CCD 1 '自' 2; GHDC '自' 1; Han Dian '自' pro 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 6) -
noun
Kangxi radical 132
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字
Notes: (Guoyu '自' n 2) -
noun
a nose
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health 健康
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 鼻子 (Han Dian '自' 2) -
noun
the beginning / the start
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 开头 (GHDC '自' 2; Han Dian '自' 3) -
noun
origin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 起源 (Guoyu 1 '自' n 1; GHDC '自' 3; Han Dian '自' 4) -
adverb
originally
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 本来 (Han Dian '自' adv 2) -
adverb
still / to remain
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 仍旧 or 依然 (GHDC '自' 9; Han Dian '自' adv 5) -
adverb
in person / personally
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 亲自 (Han Dian '自' adv 6) -
adverb
in addition /besides
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 别自 or 另外 (Han Dian '自' adv 7) -
conjunction
if / even if
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 假如 (GHDC '自' 8; Han Dian '自' conj 1) -
conjunction
but
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 可是 (Han Dian '自' conj 4) -
conjunction
because
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 因为 and 由于 (GHDC '自' 6; Han Dian '自' conj 5) -
verb
to employ / to use
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 用 (GHDC '自' 7; Han Dian '自' v 1) -
verb
to be
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 是 (Han Dian '自' v 2)
Contained in
- 阿期自 Aziz
- 自己 self
- 大自然 nature
- 自由 free / at liberty ; freedom / liberty ; unrestricted / unrestrained
- 自身 itself / oneself / one's own
- 自主 to decide for oneself
- 来自(來自) to come from (a place)
- 亲自( 親自) personally ; personally
- 自行车(自行車) bicycle
- 各自 each / respective ; self
- 自转(自轉) to rotate
- 自在 at ease / at will / as one likes ; Isvara
- 自治区(自治區) Autonomous Region
- 自动化(自動化) automation
- 自动(自動) automatic / voluntarily
- 自然 nature ; natural ; of course / certainly / naturally
- 自行 voluntary / autonomous
- 自从(自從) since (a time) / ever since
- 自信 to be confident ; confident
- 自强(自強) to strive to become stronger
- 自我 self
- 自助 self service
- 出自 to originate from
- 自告奋勇(自告奮勇) to volunteer for
- 自由体操(自由體操) floor (gymnastics)
- 自由泳 freestyle swimming
- 自古 since ancient times
- 自费(自費) at one's own expense
- 自觉(自覺) to be conscious / to be aware / to be conscientious / to do on one's own initiative
- 自学(自學) to self-study
- 独自(獨自) alone
- 自私 selfish
- 自豪 proud
- 自来水(自來水) running water / tap water
- 自满(自滿) complacent / self-satisfied
- 自始至终(自始至終) from start to finish
- 自相矛盾 to contradict oneself / self-contradictory
- 自言自语(自言自語) talk to oneself / to think aloud / to soliloquize
- 自愿(自願) voluntary
- 自治 to be autonomous
- 独立自主(獨立自主) independent and autonomous
- 自动仪(自動儀) a robot / autonomous machine
- 擅自 to do something without authorization
- 私自 privately ; privately / secretly / known only to oneself
- 自卑 feeling inferior
- 自发(自發) spontaneous / from itself
- 自负盈亏(自負盈虧) responsible for its profit and losses
- 自力更生 self-reliant
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- 卷二百十二 表第三 宰輔三 Volume 212 Tables 3: Chancellors 3 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 288
- 卷二百十一 表第二 宰輔二 Volume 211 Tables 2: Chancellors 2 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 279
- 卷二百一十 表第一 宰輔一 Volume 210 Tables 1: Chancellors 1 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 239
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- 卷二百十四 表第五 宰輔五 Volume 214 Tables 5: Chancellors 5 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 202
- 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》 — count: 103
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 103
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 97
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 90