自习 (自習)
zì xí
Pinyin

Definition

自习 (自習)
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zì xí
  1. to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)
  2. to study in one's free time
  3. individual study

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece

Idioms (20)

不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire

Sample Sentences

你看看这是什么？陈思凯最近和一个女生走得很近，两个人自习的时候总是坐在一起，天天放学都一起回家。据我观察，他们有早恋倾向。
nǐ kànkan zhè shì shénme ？Chénsīkǎi zuìjìn hé yī gè nǚshēng zǒu de hěn jìn ，liǎng gè rén zìxí de shíhou zǒngshì zuò zài yīqǐ ，tiāntiān fàngxué dōu yīqǐ huíjiā 。jù wǒ guānchá ，tāmen yǒu zǎoliàn qīngxiàng 。
What do you think this is? Chen Sikai has gotten close to one female student. The two of them always sit together when they study and go home together after school everyday. According to what I have observed, they seem to have a crush on each other.
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你看到了吗？自习室最后两排全都被砖头和拖把占座了。真不要脸！
nǐ kàndào le ma ？zìxíshì zuìhòu liǎng pái quándōu bèi zhuāntou hé tuōbǎ zhànzuò le 。zhēn bùyàoliǎn ！
Did you see? The last two rows in the study room are all taken up with bricks and mops! It's disgraceful!
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不过今天自习室的人可真多啊。
bùguò jīntiān zìxíshì de rén kě zhēn duō ā 。
But there are so many people in the study room today.
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