自居

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	reside
simp. and trad. (自居)		自	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-ku / chū-ku / chū-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjyu
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: dz̀-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjiu
    • Palladius: цзыцзюй (czyczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ geoi¹
    • Yale: jih gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-ku
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-ku
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ku³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ku
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxkw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxky
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/

Verb

自居

1. (often derogatory) to consider oneself to be; to pose as

Usage notes

Usually in the structure 以……自居.