私 sī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
私立
sīlì
private; privately run
Characters in this word
立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 私立学校的自主空间更大，但也必须接受基本的质量监管。 Sīlì xuéxiào de zìzhǔ kōngjiān gèng dà, dàn yě bìxū jiēshòu jīběn de zhìliàng jiānguǎn. Private schools have greater autonomy, but they must also accept basic quality supervision.
- 这所私立幼儿园学费很贵，但教学质量确实不错。 Zhè suǒ sīlì yòu'éryuán xuéfèi hěn guì, dàn jiàoxué zhìliàng quèshí búcuò. This private kindergarten's tuition is expensive, but the quality of teaching is indeed good.
- 和公立医院相比，私立医院挂号更快，等待时间更短。 Hé gōnglì yīyuàn xiāngbǐ, sīlì yīyuàn guàhào gèng kuài, děngdài shíjiān gèng duǎn. Compared with public hospitals, private hospitals register patients faster and waiting times are shorter.
Related words
- 私人 sīrén private; personal
- 隐私 yǐnsī privacy
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 私家车 sījiāchē private car
- 私事 sīshì private matter; personal affair
- 私下 sīxià privately; in private
- 私营 sīyíng private; privately operated
- 私有 sīyǒu privately owned; private ownership
- 私自 sīzì without permission; on one's own authority
- 无私 wúsī selfless
- 自私 zìsī selfish
- 走私 zǒusī to smuggle