自己

自己

1. self; oneself

   逃離自己的祖國／逃离自己的祖国  ―  táolí zìjǐ de zǔguó  ―  to flee one's home country

   維護自己的權益／维护自己的权益  ―  wéihù zìjǐ de quányì  ―  to uphold one's rights and interests

   為自己的錯誤辯解 [MSC, trad.]
   为自己的错误辩解 [MSC, simp.]

   wèi zìjǐ de cuòwù biànjiě [Pinyin]

   to be on the defensive about one’s mistakes

   成為一個更好的自己 [MSC, trad.]
   成为一个更好的自己 [MSC, simp.]

   chéngwéi yīge gènghǎo de zìjǐ [Pinyin]

   to become a better person; to become a better version of oneself

   一個愚昧的人總以為自己是對的。 [MSC, trad.]
   一个愚昧的人总以为自己是对的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīge yúmèi de rén zǒng yǐwèi zìjǐ shì duì de. [Pinyin]

   Ignorant people always believe they are right.

   最終我們都活成了自己討厭的樣子。 [MSC, trad.]
   最终我们都活成了自己讨厌的样子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuìzhōng wǒmen dōu huó chéng le zìjǐ tǎoyàn de yàngzi. [Pinyin]

   In the end we all lived to become people we despised.

   食死自己 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ sei² zi⁶ gei² [Jyutping]  ―  to "eat oneself to death" (endanger oneself with eating habits)

   • 他到自己的地方來，自己的人倒不接待他。 [MSC, trad.]
     他到自己的地方来，自己的人倒不接待他。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 1:11

     Tā dào zìjǐ de dìfāng lái, zìjǐ de rén dào bù jiēdài tā. [Pinyin]

     He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

In Mandarin Chinese, 自己 (zìjǐ) is a reflexive pronoun. The antecedent it refers to can be inferred by context, which is generally the subject of the sentence.

自己

1. by oneself

   自己拿吧！  ―  Zìjǐ ná ba!  ―  Help yourself!

   要喝茶自己倒啊。  ―  Yào hēchá zìjǐ dào a.  ―  If you want some tea, help yourself.

自(じ)己(こ) • (jiko) 

1. self; oneself

• 自(じ)分(ぶん) (jibun)

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

自己 • (jagi) (hangeul 자기)

1. Hanja form^? of 자기 (“oneself”).

自己

1. chữ Hán form of tự kỉ (“autistic; introverted”).