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私自

sī zì

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

私自 (sī zì) means "private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 私自 means

1. private; personal
2. secretly; without explicit approval

The characters in 私自

• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course

Example sentences

• 他是个极其自私自利的人。
  Tā shì gè jíqí zìsīzìlì de rén.
  He is a lump of selfishness.
• 他只不过是个自私自利的人。
  Tā zhǐbuguò shì gè zìsīzìlì de rén.
  He is nothing more than an egoist.

Words containing 私自

• 自私自利zì sī zì lìeverything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish…

Where 私自 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shuàn–sī (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 sī zì correctly.
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