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自主

zì zhǔ

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

自主 (zì zhǔ) means "independent; to act for oneself; autonomous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 自主 means

1. to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs

The characters in 自主

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 主zhǔowner; master; host

Words starting with 自主

• 自主权zì zhǔ quánthe power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination
• 自主系统zì zhǔ xì tǒngautonomous system
• 自主神经系统zì zhǔ shén jīng xì tǒngautonomic nervous system

Words containing 自主

• 不由自主bù yóu zì zhǔ(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
• 独立自主dú lì zì zhǔindependent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently…

Where 自主 is taught

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

Go deeper

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