自学 (自學)
zì xué
Pinyin

Definition

自学 (自學)
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zì xué
  1. self-study
  2. to study on one's own

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

我一直都热爱中国的文化，我很喜欢看中国的电影，也很喜欢吃吃中国菜，而且还自学中文。
wǒ yīzhí dōu rèài Zhōngguó de wénhuà ，wǒ hěn xǐhuan kàn Zhōngguó de diànyǐng ，yě hěn xǐhuan chī chī Zhōngguó cài ，érqiě huán zìxué Zhōngwén 。
I have always loved Chinese culture. I like watching Chinese movies, I also like to eat Chinese food, and I also self-learned Chinese.
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会啊，我自学了两年。
huì ā ，wǒ zìxué le liǎng nián 。
Yes I could, I studied on my own for two years.
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其实是受到我父亲的影响，他在船运公司工作，所以我从小就对运输管理很感兴趣。虽然我后来学的专业是IT，可我一直也在自学物流方面的知识。这次刚好有机会跳槽，我又何乐而不为呢？
qíshí shì shòudào wǒ fùqin de yǐngxiǎng ，tā zài chuányùn gōngsī gōngzuò ，suǒyǐ wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù duì yùnshū guǎnlǐ hěn gǎn xìngqù 。suīrán wǒ hòulái xué de zhuānyè shì IT，kě wǒ yīzhí yě zài zìxué wùliú fāngmiàn de zhīshi 。zhècì gānghǎo yǒu jīhuì tiàocáo ，wǒ yòu hé lè ér bù wéi ne ？
Actually, I was influenced by my father. He works in a shipping company, so ever since I was little I've always been interested in shipping management. Even though later on my major was IT, I've always studied logistics on my own. It just so happened that I got this chance to switch to a better job-- what's the harm, right?
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