自己(zì jǐ): oneself
HSK 22 characters
oneself
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zì jǐ
- Meaning
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Appears in lessons
自己 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 自己 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
自己动手真好。
zì jǐ dòng shǒu zhēn hǎo
It's good to do it yourself.
蜡烛自己灭了。
là zhú zì jǐ miè le
The candle went out by itself.
Related words
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