sī zì

HSK 7–9

私自 (sī zì) is a Chinese word meaning “private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval”.

Meanings

  1. 1private; personal
  2. 2secretly; without explicit approval
Part of speech
adverb

Characters in 私自

私sī · personal自zì · (bound form) self; oneself

Related words

自己oneself; (attributive) one's own来自to come from (a place)自由freedom; liberty自(bound form) self; oneself自杀to kill oneself私人private自从since (a time)自然nature自我the self; oneself; self-亲自personally独自alone自信to have confidence in oneself

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