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自译自审笔译员 自譯自審筆譯員 self-revising translator
Chinese Pinyin Translation
自尊 zì zūn self-respect / self-esteem / ego / pride
自尊心 zì zūn xīn self-respect / self-esteem / ego
自立 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself syn
自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself / self-defense / self-preservation
自律 zì lǜ self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology) syn
自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn
自封 zì fēng to proclaim oneself (sth) / to give oneself the title of / self-appointed / self-styled / to limit oneself to / to isolate oneself syn
译员 譯員 yì yuán interpreter / translator (esp. oral) syn
自恃 zì shì self-esteem / self-reliance / overconfident / conceited syn
编译 編譯 biān yì to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code)
自省 zì xǐng to examine oneself / to reflect on one's shortcomings / introspection / self-awareness / self-criticism syn
自备 自備 zì bèi to provide one's own... / own / self-provided / self-contained
翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn
译者 譯者 yì zhě translator (of writing) syn
自检 自檢 zì jiǎn to act with self-restraint / to examine oneself / to perform a self-test
玄奘 xuán zàng Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
村上春树 村上春樹 cūn shàng chūn shù MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
故我 gù wǒ one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
翻译家 翻譯家 fān yì jiā translator (of writings)
严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
瞿秋白 qū qiū bái Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
舍己 捨己 shě jǐ selfless / self-sacrifice (to help others) / self-renunciation / altruism
庞德 龐德 páng dé Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
自我陶醉 zì wǒ táo zuì self-satisfied / self-imbued / narcissistic syn
通译 通譯 tōng yì (old) to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter syn
翻译者 翻譯者 fān yì zhě translator / interpreter
萧乾 蕭乾 xiāo qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
利玛窦 利瑪竇 lì mǎ dòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn
现实 現實 xiàn shí reality / actuality / real / actual / realistic / pragmatic / materialistic / self-interested syn
自我 zì wǒ self- / ego (psychology) syn
自信 zì xìn to have confidence in oneself / self-confidence syn
某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn
阁下 閣下 gé xià your distinguished self / your majesty / sire syn
己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn
自卫 自衛 zì wèi to defend oneself / self-defense
谦虚 謙虛 qiān xū modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks syn
自制 自製 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade syn
克制 kè zhì to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control syn
放纵 放縱 fàng zòng to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish syn
波多黎各 bō duō lí gè Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
自行 zì xíng voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self- syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition syn
自助餐 zì zhù cān buffet / self-service meal
同名 tóng míng of the same name / homonymous / self-titled (album)
自助 zì zhù self-service
正当防卫 正當防衛 zhèng dàng fáng wèi reasonable self-defense / legitimate defense
禁欲 禁慾 jìn yù to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn
失态 失態 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation) syn
自焚 zì fén self-immolation
自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn
自控 zì kòng automated / automatically regulated / to control oneself / self-control syn
自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn
自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant syn
自信心 zì xìn xīn self-confidence syn
修养 修養 xiū yǎng accomplishment / training / self-cultivation syn
磨练 磨練 mó liàn to temper oneself / to steel oneself / self-discipline / endurance syn
自相矛盾 zì xiāng máo dùn to contradict oneself / self-contradictory / inconsistent syn
自给自足 自給自足 zì jǐ zì zú self-sufficiency / autarky syn
天王 tiān wáng emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] syn
自学 自學 zì xué self-study / to study on one's own syn
自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance syn
自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom) / with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary syn
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5] syn
自知之明 zì zhī zhī míng (idiom) self-knowledge
沾沾自喜 zhān zhān zì xǐ immeasurably self-satisfied syn
自制力 zì zhì lì self-control
不言而喻 bù yán ér yù it goes without saying / it is self-evident syn
防身 fáng shēn self-protection / to defend oneself syn
自豪感 zì háo gǎn pride in sth / self-esteem
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn
自满 自滿 zì mǎn complacent / self-satisfied syn
检讨 檢討 jiǎn tǎo to examine or inspect / self-criticism / review syn
异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn
自强 自強 zì qiáng to strive for self-improvement syn
自选 自選 zì xuǎn to choose by oneself / free to choose / optional / self-service
底气 底氣 dǐ qì lung capacity / lung power / boldness / confidence / self-assurance / vigor
独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn
势利眼 勢利眼 shì lì yǎn to be self-interested syn
公理 gōng lǐ self-evident truth / (math.) axiom syn
素养 素養 sù yǎng (personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation syn
老脸 老臉 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen syn
大放厥词 大放厥詞 dà fàng jué cí to prattle on self-importantly (idiom) syn
妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà ridiculous self-importance (idiom) / arrogance syn
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
自修 zì xiū to study on one's own / self-study syn
自画像 自畫像 zì huà xiàng self-portrait
自述 zì shù to recount in one's own words / autobiography / written self-introduction
判若两人 判若兩人 pàn ruò liǎng rén to be a different person / not to be one's usual self
自费 自費 zì fèi at one's own expense / self-funded
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
自给 自給 zì jǐ self-reliant
自强不息 自強不息 zì qiáng bù xī to strive unremittingly / self-improvement syn
小我 xiǎo wǒ the self / the individual syn
泰然 tài rán calm / self-composed
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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