自私自利

Chinese

		selfish	self-interest
simp. and trad. (自私自利)		自私	自利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìsīzìlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄙ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ si¹ zi⁶ lei⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ se¹ ze⁶ li⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìsīzìlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄙ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsihzìhlì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ssŭ¹-tzŭ⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-sz̄-dz̀-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhsytzyhlih
    • Palladius: цзысыцзыли (czysyczyli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ si¹ zi⁶ lei⁶
    • Yale: jih sī jih leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ si¹ dzi⁶ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ xi¹ ji⁶ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² siː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² lei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ se¹ ze⁶ li⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ sṳ tsṳ̆ lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ li³⁵/

Idiom

自私自利

1. selfish; self-centered

   • 自由主義的來源，在於小資產階級的自私自利性，以個人利益放在第一位，革命利益放在第二位。 [MSC, trad.]
     自由主义的来源，在于小资产阶级的自私自利性，以个人利益放在第一位，革命利益放在第二位。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對自由主義》 (Combat Liberalism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zìyóuzhǔyì de láiyuán, zàiyú xiǎozīchǎnjiējí de zìsīzìlìxìng, yǐ gèrén lìyì fàng zài dìyī wèi, gémìng lìyì fàng zài dì'èr wèi. [Pinyin]

     Liberalism stems from petty-bourgeois selfishness, it places personal interests first and the interests of the revolution second.