自閉

See also: 自闭

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to close; stop up; shut to close; stop up; shut; obstruct
trad. (自閉)		自	閉
simp. (自闭)		自	闭

Etymology

“autistic”

Back-formation from 自閉症／自闭症 (zìbìzhèng, “autism”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìbì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ bai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìbì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhbì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhbih
    • Palladius: цзыби (czybi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 自斃／自毙 自閉／自闭 自必

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ bai³
    • Yale: jih bai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ bai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ bei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² pɐi̯³³/

Verb

自閉

1. to exclude oneself from others; to isolate oneself from society

   • 夫隱，自閉之義也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫隐，自闭之义也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1216, Yuan Haowen, 《市隱齋記》

     Fú yǐn, zìbì zhī yì yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 自閉症／自闭症 (zìbìzhèng)

 

Adjective

自閉

1. autistic

   自閉仔／自闭仔 [Cantonese]  ―  zi⁶ bai³ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  autistic child

   • 康康被診斷為中度發育遲緩，有語言障礙，伴隨自閉傾向，根据他的醫學診斷和教育評估結果，康康每週参加兩次大班孩子的角色融合遊戲，學習與同伴交流分享。 [MSC, trad.]
     康康被诊断为中度发育迟缓，有语言障碍，伴随自闭倾向，根据他的医学诊断和教育评估结果，康康每周参加两次大班孩子的角色融合游戏，学习与同伴交流分享。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 January 5, 颜维琦 (Yan Weiqi), 曹继军 (Cao Jijun), 《以融合教育关注每一个“特殊孩子”》, in 《光明日报》 [Guangming Daily], →ISSN, page 08

     Kāngkāng bèi zhěnduàn wèi zhōngdù fāyù chíhuǎn, yǒu yǔyán zhàng'ài, bànsuí zìbì qīngxiàng, gēnjù tā de yīxué zhěnduàn hé jiàoyù pínggū jiéguǒ, Kāngkāng měizhōu cānjiā liǎng cì dàbān háizǐ de juésè rónghé yóuxì, xuéxí yǔ tóngbàn jiāoliú fēnxiǎng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	閉
じ Grade: 2	へい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じへー [jìhéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑihe̞ː]

Noun

自(じ)閉(へい) • (jihei) 

1. social withdrawal

Derived terms

• 自閉症(じへいしょう) (jiheishō)