自 zì
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zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
noun
Kangxi radical 132
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
zì
proper noun
Zi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
Notes: (Guoyu '自' n 2) -
zì
noun
a nose
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 自 has the same meaning as 鼻子 (Han Dian '自' 2) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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) -
zì
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
- 剖腹自杀(剖腹自殺) hara-kiri
- 自动离合(自動離合) automatic clutch
- 自然发音(自然發音) phonics
- 自行车馆(自行車館) cycling stadium; velodrome
- 山地自行车(山地自行車) mountain bike
- 悲不自胜(悲不自勝) unable to control one's grief; overwrought; overcome with sorrow; heartbroken
- 返自然 returned to nature
- 自然免疫 natural immunity
- 人人自危 everybody feels in danger
- 自由焓 free enthalpy (thermodynamics); Gibbs free energy
- 自刎 to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
- 自愿性(自願性) voluntary
- 自坚(自堅) to toughen oneself
- 自序 author's preface
- 自视(自視) to view oneself
- 自然选择(自然選擇) natural selection
- 喜不自禁 unable to contain one's joy
- 顾影自怜(顧影自憐) looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself; alone and dejected
- 自发粉(自發粉) self-rising flour
- 自由港 free port
- 自夸(自誇) to boast
- 自相惊扰(自相驚擾) to frighten one another
- 自大 proud; arrogant; conceited
- 自行 voluntary; autonomous
- 自贸区(自貿區) free trade zone
- 自动点唱机(自動點唱機) jukebox; nickelodeon
- 自由王国(自由王國) realm of freedom
- 咬舌自尽(咬舌自盡) to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
- 手自一体(手自一體) manumatic
- 威福自己 to exercise power arbitrarily
- 自动对焦(自動對焦) autofocus
- 不自由，毋宁死(不自由，毋寧死) give me liberty or give me death
- 唾面自干(唾面自乾) to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off; to turn the other cheek
- 难以自已(難以自已) cannot control oneself; to be beside oneself
- 自然而然 naturally; involuntary; automatically
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