自命

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	life; fate
simp. and trad. (自命)		自	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmìng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ming⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhminq
    • Palladius: цзымин (czymin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: jih mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-min
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii min
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ min⁵⁵/

Verb

自命

1. to consider oneself to be (something positive)

   • 一個自命為馬克思主義的革命作家，尤其是黨員作家，必須有馬克思列寧主義的知識。 [MSC, trad.]
     一个自命为马克思主义的革命作家，尤其是党员作家，必须有马克思列宁主义的知识。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yī gè zìmìng wéi Mǎkèsī zhǔyì de gémìng zuòjiā, yóuqí shì dǎngyuán zuòjiā, bìxū yǒu Mǎkèsī-Lièníng zhǔyì de zhīshi. [Pinyin]

     Anyone who considers themselves a revolutionary Marxist writer, and especially any writer who is a member of the Communist Party, must have a knowledge of Marxism-Leninism.

Derived terms

• 自命不凡 (zìmìngbùfán)
• 自命清高 (zìmìngqīnggāo)