私立 meaning in English

sīlì

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

HSK 7-9verbadjective12 strokes

Meaning of 私立

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

私立 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ在zài私sī立lì学xué校xiào读dú书shū吗ma?
Do you go to a private school?
你nǐ在zài私sī立lì高gāo中zhōng读dú书shū吗ma?
Are you a student of a private high school?
虽suī然rán美měi国guó有yǒu些xiē私sī立lì或huò教jiào会huì学xué校xiào有yǒu校xiào服fú,但dàn校xiào服fú并bìng不bù常cháng见jiàn。
While some private and church schools in America have uniforms, they are not common.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

私 sī · personal · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

立 lì · to stand · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 私立.

立刻lìkèimmediately; at once; right away
建立jiànlìto establish; to set up
成立chénglìto establish; to set up
设立shèlìto set up; to establish
立即lìjíimmediately
独立dúlìindependent; independence
私人sīrénprivate; personal
立场lìchǎngposition; standpoint
创立chuànglìto establish; to set up; to found
对立duìlìto oppose; to set sth against
确立quèlìto establish; to institute
隐私yǐnsīsecrets; private business

Questions about 私立

What does 私立 mean?

私立 (sīlì) means "privately-run; private (school, hospital etc); to set up illegally" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 私立?

私立 is made of 2 characters: 私 (7 strokes), 立 (5 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 私立 an HSK word?

Yes. 私立 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.