自足

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (自足)		自	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-chiuk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhzú
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: dz̀-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtzwu
    • Palladius: цзыцзу (czyczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: jih jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-chiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii jiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ jiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ t͡si̯uk̚²/

Verb

自足

1. to feel complacent; to feel smug; to be pleased with oneself; to congratulate oneself; to pat oneself on the back; to be self-satisfied; to be self-congratulatory

   道理無窮，學者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, trad.]
   道理无穷，学者先要不得有自足心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàolǐ wúqióng, xuézhě xiān yàobudé yǒu zìzú xīn. [Pinyin]

   Truth is infinite; a scholar cannot afford to have a complacent attitude.

2. to be self-sufficient; to be self-reliant

Synonyms

• (feel complacent): 沾沾自喜 (zhānzhānzìxǐ)
• (self-sufficient): 自給自足／自给自足 (zìjǐzìzú)