私自

sīzì

private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval

adverb HSK 3.0 · Band 7

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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See it in sentences

他私自拿走了。

He took it away secretly.

别私自拆别人的信。

Don't open others' letters without approval.