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
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
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
Notes: (Guoyu '自' n 2) -
noun
a nose
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
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
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
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
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
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
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
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 是 (Han Dian '自' v 2)
Contained in
- 自强自立(自強自立) to strive for self-improvement
- 自给自足(自給自足) self-sufficiency / autarchy
- 自封 to want wealth for oneself ; to claim a title for oneself ; to restrain oneself
- 故步自封 stuck in the old ways / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
- 自信 to be confident ; confident
- 自吹自擂 to blow one's own trumpet
- 自豪 proud
- 自轻自贱(自輕自賤) to belittle oneself / self-contempt
- 言论自由(言論自由) freedom of speech
- 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直(車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直) When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. / Everything will turn out for the best. / Let's worry about it when it happens.
- 自然现象(自然現象) natural phenomenon
- 表现自己(表現自己) to express oneself / to give an account of oneself / to project oneself / to show off
- 自新 to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew
- 聊以自慰 to find some consolation / to find relief in
- 自求多福 to be self reliant in seeking good fortune
- 威福自己 to exercise power arbitrarily
- 自由意志主义(自由意志主義) libertarianism
- 自由活动(自由活動) free time
- 自动付款机(自動付款機) cash dispenser / auto-teller / ATM
- 自由软件基金会(自由軟件基金會) Free Software Foundation
- 返自然 returned to nature
- 自动扶梯(自動扶梯) escalator
- 自由企业(自由企業) free enterprise (in capitalist theory)
- 擅自 to do something without authorization
- 自知理亏(自知理虧) to know that one is in the wrong
- 自创(自創) to create / to come up with (an idea etc)
- 手自一体(手自一體) manumatic
- 自相残杀(自相殘殺) to massacre one another / internecine strife
- 不敢自专(不敢自專) not daring to act for oneself
- 自然数集(自然數集) the set of natural numbers
- 非自然 unnatural / occult
- 自淫 masturbation
Also contained in
保亭黎族苗族自治县 、 自定义 、 自性轮身 、 自性轮 、 自在主 、 自然语言 、 环江毛南族自治县 、 释门自镜录 、 楚雄彝族自治州 、 黄南藏族自治州 、 环法自行车赛 、 生无自性性 、 自教相违 、 用户自定义 、 怒江傈僳族自治州 、 新平彝族傣族自治县 、 新晃侗族自治县 、 围场满族蒙古族自治县 、 拉鲁湿地国家自然保护区
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