Meaning of 自私
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zìsī
- selfish
- selfishness
自私 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
也许你说得对。我一直都很自私。
Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.
她是一个自私的人。
She is a selfish person.
我觉得她有点自私。
It seems to me that she is a little selfish.
她真的自私，对不对？
She's really selfish, isn't she?
我觉得你很自私。
I think you're selfish.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
自 zì · self · 6 strokes
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私 sī · personal · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 自私.
| 自己 | zìjǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zìyóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 | láizì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 自行车 | zìxíngchē | bicycle; bike |
| 大自然 | dàzìrán | nature (the natural world) |
| 自然 | zìrán | nature; natural |
| 自从 | zìcóng | since (a time); ever since |
| 亲自 | qīnzì | personally; in person |
| 自动 | zìdòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 各自 | gèzì | each; respective |
| 自身 | zìshēn | itself; oneself |
| 自觉 | zìjué | to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); re |
Questions about 自私
What does 自私 mean?
自私 (zìsī) means "selfish; selfishness" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 自私?
自私 is made of 2 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 私 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 自私 an HSK word?
Yes. 自私 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.