自已

See also: 自己

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (自已)		自	已

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìyǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ji⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìyǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyǐ
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-i³
  - Yale: dz̀-yǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyii
  - Palladius: цзыи (czyi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ ji⁵
  - Yale: jih yíh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ ji⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jiː¹³/

Verb

自已

(chiefly in the negative) to stop oneself; to control oneself
情難自已／情难自已 ― qíng nán zìyǐ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 而後人每讀其傳，尤為慷慨悲泣而不能自已。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  而后人每读其传，尤为慷慨悲泣而不能自已。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yao Nai, 方正學祠重修建記, 1797
  Ér hòurén měi dú qí zhuàn, yóu wéi kāngkǎi bēiqì ér bùnéng zìyǐ. [Pinyin]
  Yet every time the later generations read his biography, they still get impassioned and weep in grief, and couldn't stop themselves.

Derived terms

不能自已 (bùnéngzìyǐ)

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