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Self-study in Chinese

self-study · HSK 4

自习 zì xí

  1. 自 zì from
  2. 习 xí to practice

晚上我们在教室自习。 In the evening we study on our own in the classroom.

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How do you say self-study in Chinese?

Self-study in Chinese is 自习 (zì xí). You can also say 自学 (zì xué).

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.

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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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