自恃

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	rely upon
trad. (自恃)		自	恃
simp. #(自恃)		自	恃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ci⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-sī / chīr-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshyh
    • Palladius: цзыши (czyši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 自恃 自是

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ ci⁵
    • Yale: jih chíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tsi⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ qi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sʰiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-sī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² si⁴¹/

Adjective

自恃

1. (literary) overconfident and conceited

Synonyms

• 傲慢 (àomàn)
• 兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
• 囂俳／嚣俳 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 囂張／嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
• 沙塵／沙尘 (saa¹ can⁴) (Cantonese)
• 滿／满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 滿盈／满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
• 牙擦 (Cantonese)
• 牛氣／牛气 (niúqi) (regional)
• 狂 (kuáng)
• 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 空歁 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自大 (zìdà)
• 自滿／自满 (zìmǎn)
• 自負／自负 (zìfù)
• 自高 (zìgāo)
• 起市 (hei² si^4*) (Taishanese)
• 起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
• 驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 高傲 (gāo'ào)
• 高慢 (gāomàn)

 

Verb

自恃

1. (literary) to be self-assured for having something or somebody to rely on; to count on; to capitalize on