How to say 自己
- Traditional characters: 自己
- Pinyin (Taiwan standard): zì jǐ
- Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ
- Meaning: oneself / myself
Hear it in a Taiwan accent:
自己 in example sentences
Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.
對,不是理由。所以你自己說,你最在乎什麼?
duì bú shì lǐ yóu suǒ yǐ nǐ zì jǐ shuō nǐ zuì zài hū shén me
Right, it isn't. So you tell me — what do you care about most?
蛤?你不是說郵局很近,你自己去就好?
há nǐ bú shì shuō yóu jú hěn jìn nǐ zì jǐ qù jiù hǎo
Huh? Didn't you say the post office was close and you'd go by yourself?
阿福的臉一下子紅了,只說自己是去那裡走走,別的什麼都不肯講。
Āfú de liǎn yí xià zi hóng le zhǐ shuō zì jǐ shì qù nà lǐ zǒu zǒu bié de shén me dōu bù kěn jiǎng
Afu's face went red at once; he only said he'd gone there for a walk, and wouldn't say another word.
「爭吵、發票,還有一個不出門的老人。」小雨低聲對自己說,「三件事,都指向同一個人。」
zhēng chǎo fā piào hái yǒu yí ge bù chū mén de lǎo rén Xiǎoyǔ dī shēng duì zì jǐ shuō sān jiàn shì dōu zhǐ xiàng tóng yí ge rén
'An argument, a receipt, and an old man who won't leave his house,' Xiaoyu said under her breath. 'Three things, all pointing at one person.'
林太太嘆了一口氣,說是陳阿公自己找上門,拜託她安排牛車,把一個很重的東西送過山那邊的小鎮。
Lín Tàitài tàn le yì kǒu qì shuō shì Chén Āgōng zì jǐ zhǎo shàng mén bài tuō tā ān pái niú chē bǎ yí gè hěn zhòng de dōng xi sòng guò shān nà biān de xiǎo zhèn
Mrs. Lin sighed and said Grandpa Chen had come to her himself, asking her to arrange an ox cart to send something very heavy over the mountain to the small town on the other side.
Where 自己 is taught
- Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
- Unit: People, Actions & Questions
- Lesson: Everyone & Others
- Taught just before: 大家
- Taught just after: 別人