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
私有
sīyǒu
privately owned; private ownership
Characters in this word
有 yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 𠂇 hand 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公共数据若被平台占为私有，学术研究的透明度就会受到限制。 Gōnggòng shùjù ruò bèi píngtái zhàn wéi sīyǒu, xuéshù yánjiū de tòumíngdù jiù huì shòudào xiànzhì. If public data is appropriated as private property by platforms, the transparency of academic research will be restricted.
- 这片山林是私有的，外人不许随便进入。 Zhè piàn shānlín shì sīyǒu de, wàirén bù xǔ suíbiàn jìnrù. This mountain forest is privately owned; outsiders may not enter freely.
- 在很多国家，住房都是私有的。 Zài hěn duō guójiā, zhùfáng dōu shì sīyǒu de. In many countries, housing is privately owned.
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
- 私事 sīshì private matter; personal affair
- 私下 sīxià privately; in private
- 私营 sīyíng private; privately operated
- 私自 sīzì without permission; on one's own authority
- 无私 wúsī selfless
- 自私 zìsī selfish
- 走私 zǒusī to smuggle