self, private, personal; from

DEFINITIONS

自 zì
  • self
  • oneself
  • from
  • since
  • naturally
  • surely

STROKES

WORDS

然而然 zì rán ér rán involuntary; automatically
助餐 zì zhù cān buffet; self-service meal
助 zì zhù self-service
相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
扪心问 mén xīn zì wèn to ask oneself honestly; to search in one's heart
找麻烦 zì zhǎo má fan to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties
作聪明 zì zuò cōng míng to think oneself clever (idiom)
来水 zì lái shuǐ running water; tap water
作主张 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative
立 zì lì independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself
保 zì bǎo to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation
尽 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide
个儿 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself
大狂 zì dà kuáng megalomania; egomania; delusions of grandeur
灭 zì shēng zì miè to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
始至终 zì shǐ zhì zhōng from start to finish (idiom)
不由主 bù yóu zì zhǔ can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
然界 zì rán jiè nature; the natural world
在 zì yóu zì zài free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely
焚 zì fén self-immolation
燃 zì rán spontaneous combustion
拔 zì bá to free oneself; to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
控 zì kòng automated; automatically regulated; to control oneself; self-control
弃 zì bào zì qì to abandon oneself to despair; to give up and stop bothering
己人 zì jǐ rén those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us