自称 (自稱)
zì chēng
Pinyin

Definition

自称 (自稱)
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zì chēng
  1. to call oneself
  2. to claim to be
  3. to profess
  4. to claim a title

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

虽然 你 自称 看 的 恐怖片 不 算 多，可是 你 对 恐怖片 还是 很有 见解 听说。香港 电影界 最近 也 很 热衷于 拍 恐怖片 你，看过 吗 ？
suīrán nǐ zìchēng kàn de kǒngbùpiānr bù suàn duō ，kěshì nǐ duì kǒngbùpiānr hái shì hěnyǒu jiànjiě tīngshuō 。Xiānggǎng diànyǐngjiè zuìjìn yě hěn rèzhōng yú pāi kǒngbùpiàn nǐ ，kàn guo ma ？
You say you haven't seen that many scary movies, but you still have your own views about them. I've heard that Hong Kong is making a lot of scary movies these days. Have you seen any?
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他自称专家，实际上什么都不懂。
tā zìchēng zhuānjiā ，shíjì shàng shénme dōu bù dǒng 。
He calls himself an expert, but in actuality, he doesn't understand anything.
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