自已

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

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• 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

1. (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. [Pinyin]

     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)