自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
自如
zìrú
at ease; freely; with facility
Characters in this word
如 rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她在两种文化之间切换自如，几乎没有任何生硬的痕迹。 Tā zài liǎng zhǒng wénhuà zhījiān qiēhuàn zìrú, jīhū méiyǒu rènhé shēngyìng de hénjì. She switches between the two cultures with ease, leaving hardly any awkward trace.
- 他学了一年汉语，现在能用中文自如地聊天了。 Tā xué le yī nián Hànyǔ, xiànzài néng yòng Zhōngwén zìrú de liáotiān le. After a year of studying Chinese, he can now chat in it with ease.
- 爷爷已经八十多岁了，走路依然很自如。 Yéye yǐjīng bāshí duō suì le, zǒulù yīrán hěn zìrú. Grandpa is already over eighty, yet he still walks with complete ease.