zì lì

HSK 7–9

自立 (zì lì) is a Chinese word meaning “independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining”.

Meanings

  1. 1independent
  2. 2self-reliant
  3. 3self-sustaining
  4. 4to stand on one's own feet
  5. 5to support oneself
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 自立

自zì · (bound form) self; oneself立lì · to stand

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自从since (a time)自然nature自我the self; oneself; self-立刻immediately; at once; right away亲自personally建立to establish独自alone

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