擅
自

Without permission in Chinese: 擅自 (shàn zì)

shàn zì

without permission

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1without permission

Stroke order

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擅
自

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄢˋ

shàn

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄗˋ

zì

ㄗ/ zˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你不能擅自改动别人的东西。

    nǐ bù néng shàn zì gǎi dòng bié rén de dōng xī。

    You can't change other people's things without permission.

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Related words

自

zì

self

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

自然

zì rán

nature

各自

gè zì

each

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

亲自

qīn zì

personally

自从

zì cóng

since (a time)

自动

zì dòng

automatic

自豪

zì háo

proud (of one's achievements etc)

自觉

zì jué

conscious

自私

zì sī

selfish

自信

zì xìn

to have confidence in oneself

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