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亲自

qīn zì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 親自

亲自 (qīn zì) means "personally, in person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 亲自 means

1. personally
2. in person
3. oneself

How 亲自 is used in grammar

亲自 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Manner Adverbs: 互相, 尽量, 亲自 (HSK 3)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, adverbs (方式副词).

The characters in 亲自

• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course

Example sentences

• 他亲自来了。
  He came in person.
• 你亲自去嘛！
  Go there yourself.
• 他亲自泡茶。
  He himself made tea.
• 你最好亲自去。
  You'd better go in person.
• 你应该亲自去。
  You should go in person.
• 我亲自感受过。
  I experienced it firsthand.

Words starting with 亲自

• 亲自动手qīn zì dòng shǒuto do the job oneself

Where 亲自 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Capability, Energy & Diligence (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīn zì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.