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自恃

zì shì

2-character word

What 自恃 means

1. self-esteem
2. self-reliance
3. overconfident
4. conceited

The characters in 自恃

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Sounds the same

Read zì shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 自视to view oneself

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zì shì correctly.
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