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私立

sī lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

私立 (sī lì) means "private (company, school etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 私立 means

1. privately-run; private (school, hospital etc)
2. to set up illegally

The characters in 私立

• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 你在私立学校读书吗？
  Nǐ zài sīlìxuéxiào dúshū ma?
  Do you go to a private school?
• 你在私立高中读书吗？
  Are you a student of a private high school?
• 虽然美国有些私立或教会学校有校服，但校服并不常见。
  While some private and church schools in America have uniforms, they are not common.

Words starting with 私立

• 私立学校sī lì xué xiàoprivate school

Sounds the same

Read sī lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 私利personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest

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