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擅自

shàn zì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

擅自 (shàn zì) means "without permission". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 擅自 means

1. without permission

The characters in 擅自

• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course

Where 擅自 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shàn–shè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shàn zì correctly.
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