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擅自
擅自
Chinese
| usurp; without authority | from; self; oneself; since
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simp. and trad. (擅自) |
擅 | 自 | |
Adverb
擅自
- without permission or authorization
- on one's own initiative
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄗˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanntzyh
- IPA (key): /ʂa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sin6 zi6
- Yale: sihn jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin6 dzi6
- IPA (key): /siːn²² t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-chīr
- Tâi-lô: siān-tsīr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-chū
- Tâi-lô: siān-tsū
- Phofsit Daibuun: siexnzu
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡su²²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)