自言自语 (自言自語)
zì yán zì yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

自言自语 (自言自語)
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zì yán zì yǔ
  1. to talk to oneself
  2. to think aloud
  3. to soliloquize

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
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
代言
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse

Idioms (20)

一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell

Sample Sentences

天哪…杀了我吧……（自言自语）
tiānnǎ …shā le wǒ ba ……（zìyánzìyǔ ）
... Good gosh... Kill me now... (Talking to herself)
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自言自语）化...化妆…不会吧……
zìyánzìyǔ ）huà ...huàzhuāng …bùhuì ba ……
(To himself) Put on make-up... you've got to be kidding me...
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至于“说”嘛，我们在没有语言环境的时候也可以自言自语，这样非常有助于培养中文思维习惯。学习语言是为了交流，所以一定要大胆地说出来，别怕说错。错得越多，我们就会进步得越快。
zhìyú “shuō ”ma ，wǒmen zài méiyǒu yǔyán huánjìng de shíhou yě kěyǐ zìyánzìyǔ ，zhèyàng fēicháng yǒuzhùyú péiyǎng Zhōngwén sīwéi xíguàn 。xuéxí yǔyán shì wèile jiāoliú ，suǒyǐ yīdìng yào dàdǎn de shuō chūlai ，bié pà shuōcuò 。cuò de yuè duō ，wǒmen jiù huì jìnbù de yuè kuài 。
As for "speaking", when we don't have the language environment, we could talk to ourselves, and this would help us to develop the habit of thinking in Chinese. Studying a language is for the purpose of interaction, so you must boldly speak out and not be afraid to say something incorrectly. The more mistakes we make, the faster our progress will be.
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哦，收到了。我忙完了就帮你拍哈！（自言自语：哼！慢慢等吧，臭骗子！）
ò ，shōudào le 。wǒ máng wán le jiù bāng nǐ pāi hā ！（zìyánzìyǔ ：hèng ！mànmàn děng ba ，chòu piànzi ！）
Oh, I got it. When I'm not busy, I'll help you buy it. (Talking to herself: Hmph! Just you wait, stinking con-artist!)
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王强自言自语说：“哟，那是秦阿姨家的窗户，这个礼拜已经两次了，她肯定要光火。”
Wáng Qiáng zìyánzìyǔ shuō ：“yō ，nà shì Qín āyí jiā de chuānghu ，zhè ge lǐbài yǐjīng liǎng cì le ，tā kěndìng yào guānghuǒ 。”
"Hey, that's Mrs. Qin's window. It's already been broken twice this week. She's definitely going to be mad," Wang Qiang thought out loud.
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