自如

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	as (if); such as
trad. (自如)		自	如
simp. ^#(自如)		自	如

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìrú

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄖㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-lû / chīr-lû / chīr-lîr / chū-jî / chū-jû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìrú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄖㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhrú
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ju²
  - Yale: dz̀-rú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhru
  - Palladius: цзыжу (czyžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jyu⁴
  - Yale: jih yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-lû
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-lû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxluu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ lu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-lû
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-lû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² lu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-lîr
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-lîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² lɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jî
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ d͡zi¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ zi²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-jû
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-jû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxjuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ zu²³/

Adjective

自如

(literary) self-possessed; composed; calm and at ease

Synonyms

冷靜／冷静 (lěngjìng)
在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
從容／从容
沉著 (chénzhuó)
淡定 (dàndìng)
清醒 (qīngxǐng)
理智 (lǐzhì)
精英 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
肅清／肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
自若 (zìruò) (literary)
鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)

Adverb

自如

freely; smoothly; easily; with facility

Derived terms

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