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
私事
sīshì
private matter; personal affair
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 领导不该把员工的私事当作考核依据，除非它直接影响工作伦理。 Lǐngdǎo bù gāi bǎ yuángōng de sīshì dàng zuò kǎohé yījù, chúfēi tā zhíjiē yǐngxiǎng gōngzuò lúnlǐ. Managers should not use employees' private matters as assessment criteria unless they directly affect work ethics.
- 这是我的私事，请你不要再问了。 Zhè shì wǒ de sīshì, qǐng nǐ búyào zài wèn le. This is my private matter, please stop asking.
- 同事之间最好少打听别人的私事。 Tóngshì zhījiān zuìhǎo shǎo dǎtīng biérén de sīshì. Among colleagues, it's best not to pry into other people's private affairs.
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
- 私立 sīlì private; privately run
- 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