自立 meaning in English

zìlì

independent; self-reliant

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 自立

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zìlì
  1. independent
  2. self-reliant
  3. self-sustaining
  4. to stand on one's own feet
  5. to support oneself

自立 in example sentences

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

我wǒ想xiǎng更gèng加jiā自zì立lì。
I want to be more independent.

Stroke order for each character

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

自 zì · self · 6 strokes

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立 lì · to stand · 5 strokes

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  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 自立.

自己zìjǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zìyóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自láizìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bike
大自然dàzìránnature (the natural world)
立刻lìkèimmediately; at once; right away
自然zìránnature; natural
自从zìcóngsince (a time); ever since
建立jiànlìto establish; to set up
亲自qīnzìpersonally; in person
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
成立chénglìto establish; to set up

Questions about 自立

What does 自立 mean?

自立 (zìlì) means "independent; self-reliant" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 自立?

自立 is made of 2 characters: 自 (6 strokes), 立 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 自立 an HSK word?

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