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私

sī

HSK 5 Character

What 私 means

1. personal
2. private
3. selfish

Example sentences

• 他好自私！
  He's so selfish!
• 爱很自私。
  Love is selfish.
• 我不想自私。
  I don't mean to be selfish.
• 别那幺自私。
  Don't be so selfish.
• 这是私人的。
  It's something personal.
• 他有私人飞机。
  He has a private jet.

Words starting with 私

• 私人sī rénprivate; personal; interpersonal
• 私自sī zìprivate; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
• 私下sī xiàin private
• 私立sī lìprivately-run; private (school, hospital etc); to set up illegally
• 私营sī yíngprivately-owned; private
• 私家车sī jiā chēprivate car
• 私有化sī yǒu huàprivatization; to privatize
• 私事sī shìpersonal matters
• 私家sī jiāprivate; privately owned or managed
• 私生活sī shēng huóprivate life
• 私奔sī bēnto elope
• 私塾sī shúprivate school (in former times)
• 私有sī yǒuprivate; privately-owned
• 私利sī lìpersonal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
• 私心sī xīnselfishness; selfish motives
• 私语sī yǔto discuss in whispered tones; whispered conversation
• 私房sī fángprivately-owned house; private rooms; private ownings
• 私底下sī dǐ xiaprivately; secretly; confidentially
• 私生子sī shēng zǐillegitimate son
• 私情sī qíngpersonal considerations; love affair
• 私欲sī yùselfish desire
• 私房钱sī fáng qiánsecret purse; secret stash of money
• 私企sī qǐprivate enterprise; abbr. of 私营企业
• 私有制sī yǒu zhìprivate ownership of property

Words containing 私

• 自私zì sīselfish; selfishness
• 隐私yǐn sīsecrets; private business; privacy
• 走私zǒu sīto smuggle; to have an illicit affair
• 无私wú sīselfless; unselfish; disinterested
• 窃窃私语qiè qiè sī yǔ(idiom) to whisper
• 隐私权yǐn sī quánprivacy right
• 公私gōng sīpublic and private (interests, initiative etc)
• 家私jiā sīfamily property; family wealth
• 自私自利zì sī zì lìeverything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish…
• 公私合营gōng sī hé yíngjoint public private operation
• 微服私访wēi fú sī fǎngto mingle with the people incognito
• 因私yīn sīprivate (i.e. not work-related 因公
• 营私yíng sīto gain from corrupt dealing; to engage in graft; to feather one's nest
• 反走私fǎn zǒu sīto oppose smuggling; anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)
• 走私品zǒu sī pǐnsmuggled product; contraband; pirate product
• 走私货zǒu sī huòsmuggled goods
• 切切私语qiè qiè sī yǔa private whisper
• 国际私法guó jì sī fǎconflict of laws
• 大公无私dà gōng wú sīselfless; impartial
• 官私合营guān sī hé yíngpublic and private interests working together (idiom)
• 假公济私jiǎ gōng jì sīofficial authority used for private interests (idiom)…
• 个人隐私gè rén yǐn sīpersonal privacy; private matters
• 结党营私jié dǎng yíng sī(idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes
• 铁面无私tiě miàn wú sīstrictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

Characters that look like 私

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 扣kòuto fasten; to button; button
• 伽gāused in the transliteration of Greek letters
• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official

Sounds the same

Read sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 斯(phonetic); this
• 司to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 思to think; to consider
• 丝silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 撕to tear
• 厮(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude…
• 嘶hiss; neigh; Ss!…
• 咝(onomatopoeia) to hiss; to whistle; to whiz
• 锶strontium (chemistry)
• 蛳snail
• 鸶heron
• 虒amphibious animal with one horn