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各自

gè zì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

各自 (gè zì) means "each (individually), respectively". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 各自 means

1. each
2. respective
3. apiece

The characters in 各自

• 各gèeach; every
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course

Example sentences

• 请回到你们各自的座位。
  Qǐng huídào nǐmen gèzì de zuòwèi.
  Go to your respective seats.
• 幸福家庭的幸福原因全都大同小异，但悲惨的家庭却往往各自有各自的惨法。
  Xìngfú jiātíng de xìngfú yuányīn quán dōu dàtóng-xiǎoyì, dàn bēicǎn de jiātíng què wǎngwǎng gèzì yǒu gèzì de cǎn fǎ.
  All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Words starting with 各自

• 各自为政gè zì wéi zhèngto do things each in one's own way

Where 各自 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Government, Society & Leadership (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 gè zì correctly.
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