Oneself in Chinese
oneself (myself, yourself etc.) · HSK 2
自己
- 自 from
- 己 oneself
这件事我自己能做。 I can do this myself.
Other ways to say oneself
More words with 自 or 己
How do you say oneself in Chinese?
Oneself in Chinese is 自己 (zì jǐ). You can also say 本人 (běn rén), 自身 (zì shēn), 本身 (běn shēn), 自我 (zì wǒ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.