私 (si1 | si1) : private; personal; secret

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私

si1

si1

[1] private; personal; person-to-person [2] secret; clandestine [3] [v] have illicit relations or an affair with [4] contraband [5] prejudice; biased; [v] favor [6] selfish; selfishly [7] reproductive organs of both sexes

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 禾 (#115)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

私

This word has been viewed 8637 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 15:56

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私自 si1 zi6 si1 zi4 = secretly; privately

走私 zau2 si1 zou3 si1 = to smuggle

私人 si1 jan4 si1 ren2 = private

私營 si1 jing4 si1 ying2 = privately-owned (establishment/business)

私有 si1 jau5 si1 you3 = privately-owned; private

私有制 si1 jau5 zai3 si1 you3 zhi4 = private ownership of property

自私 zi6 si1 zi4 si1 = selfish; stingy; selfishness

自私自利 zi6 si1 zi6 lei6 zi4 si1 zi4 li4 = (idiom) selfish

私塾 si1 suk6 si1 shu2 = private school

大公無私 daai6 gung1 mou4 si1 da4 gong1 wu2 si1 = selfless; impartial; just; fair; unselfish
See all 59 compounds (CantoDict reports 65 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 私
Unicode code for this character: U+79C1 (off-site link)

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