自已

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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.
  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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