己
jǐ
Pinyin

Definition

己
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jǐ
  1. self
  2. oneself
  3. sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  4. sixth in order
  5. letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  6. hexa

Character Decomposition

Compounds (24)

起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
已
yǐ
  1. 1 already
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 then
  4. 4 afterwards
己
jǐ
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  4. 4 sixth in order
  5. 5 letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  6. 6 hexa
记
jì
  1. 1 to record
  2. 2 to note
  3. 3 to memorize
  4. 4 to remember
  5. 5 mark
  6. 6 sign
  7. 7 classifier for blows, kicks, shots
改
gǎi
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
  4. 4 to correct

Related Words (20)

自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
一己
yī jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
占为己有
zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu
  1. 1 to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
  1. 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
  2. 2 (any number of possible translations)

Idioms (20)

事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
  1. 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
  2. 2 (any number of possible translations)
克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly

Sample Sentences

枯叶蝶伪装成叶子、变色龙改变自己的颜色都是为了躲避天敌、保护自己。
kūyèdié wěizhuāng chéng yèzi 、biànsèlóng gǎibiàn zìjǐ de yánsè dōu shì wèile duǒbì tiāndí 、bǎohù zìjǐ 。
Orange Oakleaves mask as leaves and chameleons change their skin color in order to avoid predators and to protect themselves.
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自己来。
zìjǐ lái 。
Please help yourself.
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我可以永远笑着扮演你的配角，在你的背后自己煎熬。
wǒ kěyǐ yǒngyuǎn xiào zhe bànyǎn nǐ de pèijué ，zài nǐ de bèihòu zìjǐ jiānáo 。
I could smile forever as I pretend to be your supporting role, suffering alone behind you.
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她自己的案子失败，竟敢让我背黑锅。
tā zìjǐ de ànzi shībài ，jìnggǎn ràng wǒ bēihēiguō 。
Her case failed, and she had the audacity to make me take the responsibility for it.
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我今天觉得自己很low。
wǒ jīntiān juéde zìjǐ hěn low 。
I feel like low-class today.
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这位乐先生还原了当天的情况：他把烛火调成和案发当天一样，倒了杯酒，自己坐在那位友人当天坐的位子上。一端起酒杯，“哎呀！杯子里有条蛇！这不，我破案了！”
zhè wèi lè xiānsheng huányuán le dāngtiān de qíngkuàng ：tā bǎ zhúhuǒ tiáo chéng hé ànfā dāngtiān yīyàng ，dào le bēijiǔ ，zìjǐ zuò zài nà wèi yǒurén dāngtiān zuò de wèizi shàng 。yī duān qǐ jiǔbēi ，“āiyā ！bēizi lǐ yǒu tiáo shé ！zhè bù ，wǒ pòàn le ！”
Mr. Yue restored the scene. He adjusted the candlelight to what it looked like that day, poured a glass of wine, and took the seat where his friend sat on that day. As soon as he held the glass up, he realized, "Oh! There is a snake in the glass! I solved the case!"
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隔了几日，乐广听闻这位友人病倒的消息，特别登门探望他。在问到病因的时候，友人便将当日饮酒时的情况一五一十地告知了乐广。乐广一听也懵了，回家的路上心想：“我家里哪来的小蛇呢？要是真有蛇的话也非得找出来，要不自己住得也提心吊胆的！”于是一回到家便展开了捕蛇行动。
gé le jǐ rì ，YuèGuǎng tīngwén zhèwèi yǒurén bìngdǎo de xiāoxi ，tèbié dēngmén tànwàng tā 。zài wèn dào bìngyīn de shíhou ，yǒurén biàn jiāng dāngrì yǐnjiǔ shí de qíngkuàng yīwǔyīshí de gàozhī le YuèGuǎng 。YuèGuǎng yī tīng yě mēng le ，huíjiā de lùshang xīnxiǎng ：“wǒ jiālǐ nǎ lái de xiǎo shé ne ？yàoshi zhēn yǒu shé dehuà yě fēiděi zhǎo chūlái ，yàobù zìjǐ zhù de yě tíxīndiàodǎn de ！”yúshì yī huídào jiā biàn zhǎnkāi le bǔ shé xíngdòng 。
A few days later, after Yue Guang heard the news that his friend fell ill, he paid a special visit to his place. When asked about the cause, his friend told him exactly what happened on the day when they were drinking. Yue Guang is so confused when hearing this, and started to think while returning back home. "Where did the little snake come from? If there really is a snake, I have to find it, or else I will be in fear of living there. " So as soon as he got home, he started the snake catching operation.
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相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人，交游广阔，特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次，在宴席上，乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时，看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动，这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓，但碍于面子，不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后，老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去，越想越难受，竟然因此病倒了！
xiāngchuán yī qiān duō nián qián zài Zhōngguó Jìncháo yǒu wèi jiàozuò YuèGuǎng de rén ，jiāoyóu guǎngkuò ，tèbié xǐhuan yànqǐng péngyou dào jiā zhōng hējiǔ liáotiān 。yǒu yīcì ，zài yànxí shàng ，YuèGuǎng de yī wèi péngyou zài jìngjiǔ shí ，kànjiàn bēizi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zài jiǔ lǐ rúdòng ，zhè wèi péngyou suīrán bǎoshòu jīngxià ，dàn àiyú miànzi ，bùdébù miǎnqiǎng jiāng jiǔ yīyǐnérjìn 。huíjiā zhīhòu ，lǎo juéde zìjǐ dùzi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zuàn lái zuàn qù ，Yuè xiǎng Yuè nánshòu ，jìngrán yīncǐ bìngdǎo le ！
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
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于是乐广立马奔去找友人，将友人带回自己家中，又将情况重新完整地还原了一次。友人一看”唷！这不就是我当天喝下去的那条蛇吗？原来它压根儿就不是蛇，只是弓的倒影，是我自己吓自己！虚惊一场！”。知道了原委，他这病也就立刻痊愈了。
yúshì YuèGuǎng lìmǎ bēn qù zhǎo yǒurén ，jiāng yǒurén dài huí zìjǐ jiā zhōng ，yòu jiāng qíngkuàng chóngxīn wánzhěng de huányuán le yīcì 。yǒurén yī kàn ”yō ！zhè bù jiùshì wǒ dāngtiān hē xiàqù de nà tiáo shé ma ？yuánlái tā yàgēnr jiù búshi shé ，zhǐshì gōng de dàoyǐng ，shì wǒ zìjǐ hè zìjǐ ！xūjīngyìchǎng ！”。zhīdào le yuánwěi ，tā zhè bìng yě jiù lìkè quányù le 。
He rushed to his friend's immediately, brought him back to his place, and restored the scene again. Once his friend saw it, he realized,"Oh! Isn't this the snake I swallowed down that day? It turns out that it is not a snake at all, but a reflection of the bow. I was scaring myself. False alarm!" After knowing the whole story, he restored his health immediately.
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保重自己，再见。
bǎozhòng zìjǐ ，zàijiàn 。
Take care of yourself, goodbye.
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