私
立

Private (company, school etc) in Chinese: 私立 (sī lì)

sī lì

private (company, school etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1private (company, school etc)

Stroke order

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私
立

Zhuyin

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ㄙ

sī

ㄙ/ s—/ first tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他把孩子送进了私立学校。

    tā bǎ hái zi sòng jìn le sī lì xué xiào。

    He sent his child to a private school.

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Related words

立

lì

to stand

成立

chéng lì

to establish

独立

dú lì

independent

建立

jiàn lì

to establish

立方

lì fāng

cube (math.)

立即

lì jí

immediately

立刻

lì kè

forthwith

私人

sī rén

private

自私

zì sī

selfish

设立

shè lì

to set up

创立

chuàng lì

to establish

对立

duì lì

to oppose

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