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自言

zì yán

2-character word

What 自言 means

1. to say (sth that relates to oneself)

The characters in 自言

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 汤姆在自言自语。
  Tom is talking to himself.

Words starting with 自言

• 自言自语zì yán zì yǔ(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize

Sounds the same

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

• 自研(of an organization etc) to independently develop (a technology or product)