私 sī

1. sī adjective private
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '私' 1)
2. sī foreign si
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
3. sī adjective personal; individual
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'sī' 私 bf 1; Kroll 2015 '私' 1; NCCED '私' 2)
4. sī adjective selfish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 偏爱 (ABC 'sī' 私 bf 2; GHC '私' 7; Kroll 2015 '私' 2; NCCED '私' 3)
5. sī adjective secret; illegal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '私' 1a; NCCED '私' 5)
6. sī adverb privately; secretly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 私下 or 私自 (GHC '私' 9; Kroll 2015 '私' 1a; NCCED '私' 6)
7. sī noun contraband
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '私' 6; NCCED '私' 6)
8. sī noun form of address a woman's brothers-in-law
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '私' 5; Kroll 2015 '私' 3)
9. sī pronoun myself; I
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A humble self-reference (Kroll 2015 '私' 3a)
10. sī noun genitals
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '私' 11; Kroll 2015 '私' 4)
11. sī verb to urinate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '私' 12; Kroll 2015 '私' 5)
12. sī noun ordinary clothing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '私' 10; Kroll 2015 '私' 6)
13. sī noun standing grain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 禾 (GHC '私' 1)
14. sī noun a counselor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 家臣 (GHC '私' 3)
15. sī noun a clan
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 家族 (GHC '私' 4)
16. sī proper noun Si
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '私' 14)

Contained in

• 私生活 private life
• 走私品 smuggled product; contraband; pirate product
• 私娼 a personal escort; a personal prostitute
• 私营(私營) privately-owned; private
• 私房 personal; private; confidential
• 假公济私(假公濟私) official authority used for private interests
• 无私(無私) selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic
• 私塾 private school (in former times)
• 私募基金 private equity fund; fund offered to private placement (e.g. hedge fund)
• 隐私权(隱私權) right to privacy
• 私家 private; privately owned or managed
• 切切私语(切切私語) a private whisper
• 窃窃私语(竊竊私語) to whisper
• 万贯家私(萬貫家私) abundant family wealth
• 私定终身(私定終身) to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 自私 selfish
• 大公无私(大公無私) impartial and selfless; just and fair
• 私酿(私釀) to brew alcoholic drinks illegally
• 私约降(私約降) a secret agreement for surrender
• 私馆(私館) a private school
• 家私 family affairs ; family property; family wealth
• 私有制(私有製) private ownership
• 营私舞弊(營私舞弊) commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
• 饱私囊(飽私囊) to stuff one's pockets; to enrich oneself dishonestly
• 自私自利 everything for self and selfish profit; with no regard for others
• 贩私(販私) to traffic (smuggled goods); illegal trading
• 私囊 one's own pocket
• 私处(私處) private parts; genitalia
• 私有财产(私有財產) private property
• 私运(私運) to smuggle
• 泄私愤(洩私憤) to vent personal spite; to act out of malice (especially of crime)
• 私贩(私販) to sell privately
• 私秘 personal and private
• 私学(私學) private education; private learning
• 乌鸟私情(烏鳥私情) the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent); filial piety
• 国际私法(國際私法) conflict of laws
• 私募 private placement (investing)
• 公而忘私 for the common good and forgetting personal interests; to behave altruistically; selfless
• 个人隐私(個人隱私) personal privacy; private matters
• 私怨 personal revenge
• 徇私舞弊 commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
• 缉私(緝私) to find and seize smugglers and smuggled goods
• 私吞 to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle
• 私产(私產) private property
• 济私(濟私) to help one's own interests
• 私有 to be privately owned
• 私讯(私訊) private message; to send a private message
• 私人 private
• 私自 privately ; privately; secretly; known only to oneself
• 徇私枉法 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates

Also contained in

私盐

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百八十 志第一百三十三 食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷一百八十五 志第一百三十八 食貨下七 Volume 185 Treatises 138: Finance and Economics 2g History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 任法第四十五 Chapter 45: Appointment Methods Guanzi 管子 — count: 25
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 24
• 卷八十 志第五十六 食貨四 Volume 80 Treatises 56: Finance and Economics 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23
• 卷一百〇四　志第五十二:　刑法三 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Punishment and Law 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 22
• 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20
• 卷四十九　志第三十:　食貨四 鹽 酒 醋稅 茶 諸征商 金銀之稅 Volume 49 Treatises 30: Finance and Economics 4 - Tax on Salt, Alcoholic Beverages, and Vinegar; Tax on Tea, Commercial Travel, and Gold and Silver History of Jin 金史 — count: 19
• 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts Guanzi 管子 — count: 18
• 卷五十四　　　　志第四十四　　食貨四 Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 18

Collocations

• 敢私 (敢私) 是以敢私言之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 私觌 (私覿) 私覿 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 6
• 不敢私 (不敢私) 不敢私服 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 5
• 私丧 (私喪) 士有私喪 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 4
• 之外私 (之外私) 吾子之外私寡大夫某不祿 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 4
• 子私 (子私) 武子私問其故 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 私面 (私面) 私面見子皮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 蓄私 (蓄私) 雖上世至聖必蓄私 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 辭過 Book 1 - Indulgence in Excess — count: 3
• 私臣 (私臣) 私臣 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 特牲馈食礼 第十五 15. Rites of the single victim food offering — count: 3
• 使私 (使私) 邾子使私於公子豫 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3