自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自称
zìchēng
to claim to be; to call oneself
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Example phrases
- 他自称掌握内部资料，但始终没有拿出证据。 Tā zìchēng zhǎngwò nèibù zīliào, dàn shǐzhōng méiyǒu ná chū zhèngjù. He claimed to possess internal materials, but never produced any evidence.
- 一位自称专家的人在会上发言，大家半信半疑。 Yí wèi zìchēng zhuānjiā de rén zài huì shàng fāyán, dàjiā bànxìn bànyí. A person claiming to be an expert spoke at the meeting, and everyone was half convinced and half doubtful.
- 他在简历上自称毕业于名校，后来却被查出造假。 Tā zài jiǎnlì shàng zìchēng bìyè yú míngxiào, hòulái què bèi cháchū zàojiǎ. In his résumé he claimed to have graduated from a famous school, but was later found to have faked it.