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  *自* | 自* | *自
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course
HSK 4
accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
HSK 5
military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
an individual / self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户)
HSK 4
self-study / to study on one's own
HSK 6
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
reality; actuality / real; actual / realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
HSK 3
to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence
HSK 4
the self; oneself; self- / (psychology) ego
HSK 6
scheduled evening self-study period; evening study hall
(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side
early-morning self-study session (before regular classes); to attend such a session
without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age
to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc) / (computing) to enable (a feature) / (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate / to open (sth that has been sealed)
HSK 7-9
(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)
(slang) (often used self-deprecatingly) factory worker
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
HSK 7-9
to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
HSK 6
to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
HSK 7-9
in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful
HSK 7-9
modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks
HSK 6
self-determination
independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
HSK 7-9
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
HSK 7-9
to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
HSK 7-9
a self-made genius
automated / automatically regulated / to control oneself / self-control
extremely / unworthy (self-deprecatory term)
ambition; desire for self-improvement
self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage)
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary
HSK 7-9
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
(idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident
self-confidence
HSK 7-9
self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
HSK 7-9
superstore – a hybrid retail format combining department store 商場|商场 (branded goods) and supermarket 超市 (self-service groceries)
someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname)
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
to examine or inspect / self-criticism / review
HSK 7-9
self-evident truth / (math.) axiom
autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet)
to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself
HSK 7-9
self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts)
to destroy one's (reputation etc) / (of a device etc) to self-destruct
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
(mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile / (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
self-balancing scooter / balance bike
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
self-respect / self-esteem / ego
HSK 7-9
to defend oneself / self-defense
HSK 7-9
humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology)
self-sufficient / satisfied with oneself
to strive unremittingly / self-improvement
HSK 7-9
excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)
immeasurably self-satisfied
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
(imperial China) rebel; traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
the self / the individual
calm / self-composed
to be a different person / not to be one's usual self
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
social-media editor; page admin; creator of online content (often used by the writer as a self-referential persona)
(slang) miserable; wretched; unfortunate (often humorous or self-deprecating)
buffet / self-service meal
self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
the collective / the whole / (Buddhism) the greater self
strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism
pride in sth / self-esteem
to drive oneself somewhere / private vehicle / (Tw) self-driving car; autonomous car
self-service
HSK 7-9
emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全
vast / impressive / self-satisfied / immensely pleased with oneself
id / the self
the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
to inspect oneself; to carry out a self-inspection
voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self-
HSK 7-9
to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied
self-criticism
boldly; ostentatiously / poised; self-assured / Taiwan pr. [da4 mo2 da4 yang4]
HSK 7-9
at one's own expense / self-funded
HSK 7-9
obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
(Tw) sanctimonious person / self-appointed moral arbiter
to heat up by itself; (attributive) self-heating (esp. of meal kits heated with a water-activated pack)
self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces
your distinguished self / your majesty / sire
(old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
hypermarket / large warehouse-like self-service retail store
self-operated / to operate one's own business

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