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  *自* | 自* | *自
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course
HSK 4
oneself / one's own
HSK 2
itself / oneself / one's own
HSK 3
automatic / voluntarily
HSK 3
self-study / to study on one's own
HSK 6
freedom; liberty / free; unrestricted / CL: 種|种
HSK 2
to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
HSK 3
bicycle; bike / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 2
to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence
HSK 4
since (a time) / ever since
HSK 3
voluntary
HSK 5
nature / natural / naturally
HSK 3
self- / ego (psychology)
HSK 6
to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide
HSK 5
to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself) / responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
HSK 3
to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated
HSK 7-9
comfortable; at ease
HSK 6
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
HSK 7-9
proud (of one's achievements etc)
HSK 5
automatic control
running water; tap water
HSK 6
to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to
(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
HSK 6
nature / the natural world
HSK 7-9
to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
HSK 7-9
dealer
a self-made genius
automated / automatically regulated / to control oneself / self-control
to create; to come up with (an idea etc)
to liken oneself to (sb or sth)
bank autoteller / ATM
selfish / selfishness
HSK 7-9
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary
HSK 7-9
natural curls; natural wave
independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
HSK 7-9
natural science fund
self-confidence
HSK 7-9
self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
HSK 7-9
conceited / to take responsibility
HSK 7-9
automatic transmission / auto gear shift
voluntary
from start to finish (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
free port
arrogance / proud of sth
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
to take care of oneself / to provide for 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
(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying
to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
(mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile / (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate
natural conditions
natural language processing, NLP
spontaneous
HSK 7-9
to bring trouble on oneself
(number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
to volunteer for / to offer to undertake
self-respect / self-esteem / ego
HSK 7-9
to defend oneself / self-defense
HSK 7-9
(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial
free software (i.e. software for which sharing, modification etc is permitted)
self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology)
involuntary / automatically
HSK 7-9
natural language
self-sufficient / satisfied with oneself
unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely
HSK 7-9
to strive unremittingly / self-improvement
HSK 7-9
mechanical pencil / propelling pencil
masturbation
governing body of an autonomous territory
to talk to oneself
since childhood
since then / henceforth
natural therapy
needless to say / it goes without saying
free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely
HSK 7-9
to drive oneself somewhere
floor (gymnastics)
buffet / self-service meal
to bring one's own / BYO / (of software) preinstalled
to feel ashamed at being inferior (idiom)
free market
travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group
from the beginning / always / to come of one's own accord
autobiography
to encourage oneself
pride in sth / self-esteem
to drive oneself somewhere / private vehicle / (Tw) self-driving car; autonomous car
self-service
HSK 7-9
to blame oneself
HSK 7-9
to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)
to take a picture or video of oneself; to take a selfie / a selfie
selfie stick / also written 自拍杆
free trade zone / free trade area
to inspect oneself; to carry out a self-inspection
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self-
HSK 7-9
to automate

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