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私自

私自

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since
simp. and trad. (私自)		私	自
anagram		自私

Adverb

私自

privately; secretly; without permission

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sīzì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sir-chīr / su-chū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sīzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄗˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sytzyh
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ zi⁶
  - Yale: sī jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-chīr
  - Tâi-lô: sir-tsīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ t͡sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-chū
  - Tâi-lô: su-tsū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suzu
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/