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
私自
sīzì
without permission; on one's own authority
Characters in this word
自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 任何部门不得私自修改招标条件，否则结果可能被认定无效。 Rènhé bùmén bù dé sīzì xiūgǎi zhāobiāo tiáojiàn, fǒuzé jiéguǒ kěnéng bèi rèndìng wúxiào. No department may alter the tendering conditions without authorisation, otherwise the result may be deemed invalid.
- 他私自把公司的钱借给了亲戚，结果被开除了。 Tā sīzì bǎ gōngsī de qián jiè gěi le qīnqi, jiéguǒ bèi kāichū le. He lent the company's money to relatives without permission and was fired as a result.
- 没有医生的指导，你不要私自增加药量。 Méiyǒu yīshēng de zhǐdǎo, nǐ bú yào sīzì zēngjiā yàoliàng. Without a doctor's guidance, don't increase the dose on your own authority.
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
- 私有 sīyǒu privately owned; private ownership
- 无私 wúsī selfless
- 自私 zìsī selfish
- 走私 zǒusī to smuggle