己 jǐ
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jǐ
pronoun
self
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese this reflexive personal pronoun may be used in subject or object position (Guoyu '己' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '己' 1, p. 186; Mathews 1931 '己', p. 57; NCCED '己', p. 739; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 83; Unihan '己'; XHZD '己' 1, p. 315). For example, 其恕乎!己所不欲,勿施於人。 'Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.' (Lunyu 17:24, trans. by Legge 1861) -
jǐ
noun
sixth of 10 heavenly trunks
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Heavenly Stem 天干
Notes: (Guoyu '己' n 1; Kroll 2015 '己' 1, p. 186; Mathews 1931 '己', p. 57; Unihan '己'; XHZD '己' 2, p. 315) -
jǐ
noun
Kangxi radical 49
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '己' n 3) -
jǐ
pronoun
her; him; it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Third person pronoun (Kroll 2015 '己' 3, p. 186) -
jǐ
ordinal
sixth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an ordinal number (Guoyu '己' n 2)
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- 损人利己(損人利己) to benefit at the expense of others
- 做自己 to be oneself
- 视为知己(視為知己) to consider as close friend; to take into one's confidence
- 己未 fifty sixth year of the 60 year cycle
- 知己知彼 know yourself, know your enemy
- 己己瞒心(己己瞞心) to blot out one's conscience
- 孔乙己 Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
- 屈己从人(屈己從人) to bow oneself to be humble to others
- 自己动手(自己動手) to do oneself; to help oneself to
- 知己知彼,百战不殆(知己知彼,百戰不殆) know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated
- 身不由己 without the freedom to act independently; involuntary; not of one's own volition
- 利己 to benefit oneself
- 知己 a close friend ; to know oneself
- 知彼知己,百战不殆(知彼知己,百戰不殆) knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles
- 诛锄异己(誅鋤異己) to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
- 己身 oneself
- 己卯 sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle
- 己亲(己親) one's relatives
- 己酉 forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle
- 复礼克己(復禮克己) to practice self-restraint
- 梯己 personal savings ; intimate with
- 固执己见(固執己見) to persist in one's views
- 损人不利己(損人不利己) to harm others without benefiting oneself
- 事不关己,高高挂起(事不關己,高高掛起) to feel unconcerned and let matters rest
- 酒逢知己千杯少 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet
- 表现自己(表現自己) to express oneself; to give an account of oneself; to project oneself; to show off
- 切己 personal ; to be intimate
- 蓝颜知己(藍顏知己) close male friend; confidant
- 瞒心昧己(瞞心昧己) to blot out one's conscience
- 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝(金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩) there's no place like home
- 搬起石头砸自己的脚(搬起石頭砸自己的腳) to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy)
- 一己 oneself
- 舍己成人(捨己成人) to give up one's own interests to help other people
- 己方 our side; one's own (side etc)
- 正己 to correct oneself
- 坚持己论(堅持己論) stubbornly hold to one's own ideas
- 己型肝炎 hepatitis F
- 虚己以听(虛己以聽) to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind
- 士为知己者死,女为悦己者容(士為知己者死,女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
- 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
- 人溺己溺 having seen somebody else drown, a person drowns themself as well
- 己糖 hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖
- 己巳 sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049
- 事不关己(事不關己) a matter of no concern to oneself
- 各持己见(各持己見) each adheres to their own views
- 克己奉公(剋己奉公) self-restraint and devotion to public duties; selfless dedication
- 严以律己(嚴以律己) to be strict with oneself; to demand a lot of oneself
- 爱己注意(愛己注意) egoism
- 己丑 twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle
- 威福自己 to exercise power arbitrarily
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