"Self-" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zì wǒ self- / ego (psychology)
 zì xíng voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self-
 zì xiāng mutual / each other / one another / self-
 rǔ disgrace / dishonor / to insult / to bring disgrace or humiliation to / to be indebted to / self-deprecating / Taiwan pr. [ru4]
 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
 zhuǎi to waddle / to swagger / (coll.) strutting / self-satisfied
 ní self-sown rice
 xiàn shí reality / actuality / real / actual / realistic / pragmatic / materialistic / self-interested
 zì xìn to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence
 miàn zi outer surface / outside / honor / reputation / face (as in "losing face") / self-respect / feelings / (medicinal) powder
 zì xué self-study / to study on one's own
 zì zhù self-service
 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement
 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname)
 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
 xiū yǎng accomplishment / training / self-cultivation
 zì lu:4 self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology)
 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade
 dà yé arrogant idler / self-centered show-off
 tóng míng of the same name / homonymous / self-titled (album)
 zì zūn self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
 kè zhì to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself
 fàng zòng to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
 sù yǎng (personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
 qiān xū modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks
 jiǎn tǎo to examine or inspect / self-criticism / review
 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important
 zì fèi at one's own expense / self-funded
 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance
 zì qiáng to strive for self-improvement
 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself
 zì xuǎn to choose by oneself / free to choose / optional / self-service
 zì shù to recount in one's own words / autobiography / written self-introduction
 fáng shēn self-protection / to defend oneself
 zì yíng self-operated / to operate one's own business
 zì wèi to defend oneself / self-defense
 zì kòng automated / automatically regulated / to control oneself / self-control
 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition
 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
 zì bèi to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained
 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5]
 zì bǎo to defend oneself / self-defense / self-preservation
 zì jiǎn to act with self-restraint / to examine oneself / to perform a self-test
 yáng yáng vast / impressive / self-satisfied / immensely pleased with oneself
 zì bào to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself
 hán yǎng to conserve (e.g. water) / self-restraint / self-possession
 dǎo yǐn same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3] / Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health
 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
 zì xiū to study on one's own / self-study
 zì xǐng to examine oneself / to reflect on one's shortcomings / introspection / self-awareness / self-criticism
 zì dǎo self-guided / autonomous
 zì fén self-immolation
 zì huǐ self-destruction
 zì shì self-esteem / self-reliance / overconfident / conceited
 zì cán to mutilate oneself / self-harm
 zì fēng to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself
 jìn yù to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
 zì mǎn complacent / self-satisfied
 zì jǐ self-reliant
 tài rán calm / self-composed
 kāi jià open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age
 zì zú self-sufficient / satisfied with oneself
 wǎn shēng I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)
 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty
 kè jǐ self-restraint / discipline / selflessness
 zì qiān modest / self-deprecating
 zì jué self-determination
 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc)
 shě jǐ selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
 qiān cí humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline
 āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
 zhǐ shì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
 gǎng nu:3 girl wth undesirable personality traits such as materialism and self-centeredness, supposedly stereotypical of Hong Kong girls (slang)
 shū fàng eccentric / self-indulgent / free and unconventional (written style) / unbuttoned
 lǎo mǔ old lady / (old woman's self-reference) I, me
 lǎo zhuō old fart (usually in self-reference) / geezer
 zì zhuāng self-loading (weapon, tape deck etc) / self-charging
 chòu pì (coll.) self-important / puffed up
 jià yún to ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant
 zì jié to cleanse oneself / to sanctify oneself / self-cleaning (spark plug, oven etc)
 pāi kè citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
 wú sì extremely / unworthy (self-deprecatory term)
 zì fǎn to introspect / to self-reflect / (math.) reflexive
 zì qiǎn to blame oneself / self-recrimination
 nú jiā (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
 chén qián to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low / to keep a low profile / quiet / reserved / self-possessed
 bái zuǒ naive, self-righteous Western liberals (neologism c. 2015)
 zì zhǐ self-reference
 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3]
 tā lu:4 external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation 自律[zi4 lu:4]) / (ethics) heteronomy
 zì suī (literary) reckless / unbridled / self-indulgent / conceited / overly pleased with oneself
 zì yù to heal oneself / to repair itself / self-healing
 zì xìn xīn self-confidence
 zì zūn xīn self-respect / self-esteem / ego
 dà mài chǎng hypermarket / large warehouse-like self-service retail store
 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces
 zì zhù cān buffet / self-service meal
 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage)
 Yuán Shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
 zì háo gǎn pride in sth / self-esteem
 zì zhì lì self-control
 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
 zì huà xiàng self-portrait
 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency)
 shì lì yǎn to be self-interested
 zì jué quán right to self-determination
 zhǐ shì zì ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down / also known as self-explanatory character
 Nán ní wān Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi / "Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces
 huí mò yìn self-inking stamp
 zì pāi qì camera self-timer (for delayed shutter release)
 zì zǒu shì self-propelled
 zì xué nián year of self-learning
  self-destroying
  self-monitoring
 zì zào shēng self-noise
  sexual self-determination
  self-propelled
 dān shēn wāng (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
 dān shēn gǒu (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
 fáng zhōng fáng room constructed within an existing room / self-contained living area within a house or apartment
 zì méi tǐ self-media (news or other content published on independently-operated social media accounts)
 zì fā fěn self-rising flour
 pǎo mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
 zì wǒ jiè shào self-introduction / to introduce oneself
 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng in the right and self-confident (idiom) / bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful
 zì wǒ píng jià self-esteem
 bù yán ér yù it goes without saying / it is self-evident
 zì qiáng bù xī to strive unremittingly / self-improvement
 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
 zì wǒ pī píng self-criticism
 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
 zì zhī zhī míng knowing oneself (idiom) / self-knowledge
 zhān zhān zì xǐ immeasurably self-satisfied
 zì wǒ yì shí self-awareness
 zì lì gēng shēng regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
 zì yóu zhí yè self-employed / profession
 Qí tiān Dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
 zì xiāng máo dùn to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent
 zì jǐ zì zú self-sufficiency / autarky
 gè tǐ jīng jì economics of a self-employed individual or private firm
 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant
 zhèng dàng fáng wèi reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
 Yáng wù Yùn dòng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
 Bō duō Lí gè Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
 wéi lì shì tú to seek nothing but profit (idiom) / personal profit before everything / self-seeking
 gāng bì zì yòng obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
 dà fàng jué cí to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
 wàng zì zūn dà ridiculous self-importance (idiom) / arrogance
 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
 mín zú zì jué self-determination
 liù qīn bù rèn not recognizing one's family (idiom) / self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
 Wú xià ā Méng General Lü / Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 / of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
 fèng gōng kè jǐ self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
 gū fāng zì shǎng lone flower admiring itself (idiom) / narcissism / self-love
 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
 wú shī zì tōng self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
 mù bù jiàn jié lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom) / fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home
 zì mìng qīng gāo to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom) / smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou
 zì shì shèn gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
 zì xíng huǒ pào self-propelled artillery
 zì wǒ táo zuì self-satisfied / self-imbued / narcissistic
齿 mǎ chǐ tú zēng (self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)
 zì wǒ jiě cháo to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor
 dà mú dà yàng boldly / ostentatiously / poised / self-assured / Taiwan pr. [da4 mo2 da4 yang4]
 zì wǒ shí xiàn self-actualization (psychology) / self-realization
 bù yán zì míng self-evident / needing no explanation (idiom)
 bù shuō zì míng self-explanatory / self-evident (idiom)
 lěng nuǎn zì zhī the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb) / self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
 qín láo zhì fù to become rich by one's own efforts / self-made
 huí yóu xìn fēng self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
 wú rén shòu piào self-service ticketing / automated ticketing
 shēng chǎn zì jiù self-help (idiom)
 lián hé zì qiáng to combine together for self-improvement / joint movement for self-strengthening
 zì bào gōng yì self-assessment / declare one's state for open discussion
 zì xué chéng cái a self-made genius
 zì qiáng zì lì to strive for self-improvement
 Zì qiáng Yùn dòng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动
 zì wǒ cuī mián self-hypnotism
 zì wǒ fáng wèi self-defense
 zì pāi mó shì camera self-timer mode (for delayed shutter release)
 zì lì zì qiáng to be self-reliant
 zì shì qīng gāo to think highly of oneself (idiom) / giving oneself airs / arrogant and self-important
 zì jià zū lìn self-drive hire (of a car etc)
 fēng máng nèi liǎn to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
 zì chóu zī jīn self-raised funds
  water self-sufficiency
  individual self-defence / self-defence
 zì wǒ fàng zhú self-imposed exile
 zì jué yùn dòng Movement for Self-Determination / Self-Determination Movement
  self-determined development
  self-desliming
 zì bō zhí wù self-sown flora
 zì huǐ zhuāng zhì self-destructing mechanism / self-destruction mechanism
 zì yíng zhí yè self-employment
 zì wǒ jiāo yì self-dealing
  Act of Self-Determination
  self-forming fragment / self-forging fragment
  Technological self-determination
  collective self-defence
  self-sustainability
  Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements / Declaration of Principles
  self-neutralization / self-deactivation
  Economic self-determination
  self-destruction
  self-learning package
  self-help project
  self-revision
  self-representation
  self-representation
 fáng wèi guò dàng excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)
 dòu sī pī xiū fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
 zhèng yì mó rén (Tw) sanctimonious person / self-appointed moral arbiter
 zì qīng zì jiàn to belittle oneself / self-contempt
 qīng xīn guǎ yù (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic
 xīn líng jī tāng (often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
 zì lu:4 xìng zǔ zhī Self-Regulation Organization / SRO
 háng kōng zì wèi duì air self-defense force
 rì běn zì wèi duì Japan Self-Defence Forces
 yù fáng xìng zì wèi anticipatory self-defence
  self-regenerating area
  self-draining pipe
  Non-Self-Governing Territory
  Wa Self-Administered Division
  self-neutralizing mine
 zì jià qì chē chū zū self-drive car rental
  self-accounting unit
  self-deactivating mechanism
 yī cì xìng zhù shè qì self-destructing syringe
 shè qū zì zhù xiàng mù community self-help project
 lín shí zì zhì jī gòu provisional institutions of self-government
  self-insured plan
  self-sown flora
 zì wǒ wéi chí néng lì self-sustained capacity
 zì wǒ zài shēng zī yuán self-renewing resource
 jiàn lì zì xìn cuò shī self-confidence-building measure
 zì dòng zhuāng tián bù qiāng self-loading rifle
  Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo / Rambouillet Accords
  self-sustainment category
  inherent right of self-defence
  Declaration on Local Self-Government
  self-sustainment standards / performance standards for self-sustainment
  Convention on Local Self-Government
  semi-automatic pistol / self-loading pistol
  self-sustaining logistics
  self-sustainment arrangement / self-sustainment contract
  medical self-sustainment
  self-sufficient revenue system
  self-financing village group
 duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
 rì běn hǎi shàng zì wèi duì Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
 zì wǒ shí xiàn de yù yán self-fulfilling prophecy
  self-demobilized child
 kē suǒ wò mín zhǔ zì zhì Democratic Self-Government of Kosovo
 kěn ní yà zì zhù xiàng mù Kenya Self-Help Project
  self-constituted group
  Guam Commission on Self-Determination
  self-loading weapon / self-loader
  working group on self-evaluation
  self-sustainment reimbursement rate / self-sustainment rate
  self-revising translator
  Civilian Self-Defence Patrol
  Agreement for Self-Government in Kosmet
  mandatory self-assessment
 Tái wān Mín zhǔ Zì zhì Tóng méng Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
  World-Wide Declaration on Local Self-Government
 lín shí zì zhì xiàn fǎ kuàng jià Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government
 fù rǔ zì yíng zhí yè xiàng mù Women's Self-Employment Project
  control-risk self-assessment
  World Self-Medication Industry
  World Charter of Local Self-government
  unilateral self-supporting expenditures
  unilateral self-supporting contributions
  Self-Employed Women's Association
  self-sustainment standards / performance standards for self-sustainment
  Human Rights and Self-Determination Programmes Section
  self-acceleration decomposition temperature
  European Charter of Local Self-Government
  Palestinian Self-ruled Areas
  self-arming scatterable mine
  self-sustainment arrangement / self-sustainment contract
  Division for Regional Cooperation and Self-Determination
  offshore all-purpose self-elevating service
  Palestinian Self-Rule Council
  self-restoring capacity of nature
  discretionary self-evaluation
  Uganda Self-Reliance Strategy
 rú rén yǐn shuǐ , lěng nuǎn zì zhī the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb) / self-awareness comes from within / to know best by personal experience
  Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories
  self-deactivating mechanism
  self-sustaining economic growth
  Flag State Performance Self-Assessment Form
  Palestinian Interim Self-Governing Authority
  Declaration Regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories
  Skills Development for Self-Reliance
-丹  Greenland-Danish Self-Government Commission
  self-accelerating decomposition
 shēng yuán fēi zì zhì lǐng tǔ rén mín tuán jié zhōu Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
  monitoring, self-evaluation and reporting system
  Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosovo / Rambouillet Accords
  back-up self-deactivation feature
 lín shí zì zhì fǎ lu:4 kuàng jià wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ working group on the legal framework for provisional self-government
  Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements / Declaration of Principles
  Basic Law for the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority / Palestinian Basic Law
西  Peace Plan for Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara
  Health, Vocational Training and Self-reliance Project
  National Capacity Self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management
  Workshops on Management of Self-help Organizations of Disabled Persons
  Self-Study Programme for Teachers on Sustainability
  Arusha Programme for Collective Self-Reliance and Framework for Negotiations
  Disabled Peoples' International Self-help Training Programmes among Disabled Persons
  Conference on Science and Technology Policy for Self-Reliance in the Muslim World
  In-Country Team Self-Assessment Tool for Natural Disaster Response Preparedness
  Special Declaration of the President in the Interest of National Self-esteem, Unification and Prosperity
  Programme of Action in Support of Self-Determination and National Independence for Namibia
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