自
学

Self-study in Chinese: 自学 (zì xué)

zì xué

self-study

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 自學1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1self-study
  2. 2to study on one's own

Stroke order

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自
学

Zhuyin

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ㄗˋ

zì

ㄗ/ zˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄩㄝˊ

xué

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

自学

Simplified

自學

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他没上大学，全靠自学。

    tā méi shàng dà xué， quán kào zì xué。

    He never went to college and learned everything through self-study.

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Related words

学

xué

to learn

自

zì

self

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

学生

xué sheng

student

学习

xué xí

to learn

学校

xué xiào

school

数学

shù xué

mathematics

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

科学

kē xué

science

留学

liú xué

to study abroad

自然

zì rán

nature

各自

gè zì

each

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