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CHINESE CHARACTER
sī
私
私
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private; personal
- Numbered pinyin
- si1
- English meanings
- private; personal; selfish; secret
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measure word (approximations)
watch; wait
seem; similar
manage; department
four
mosque
think; thought
to tear
this; thus
die
sacrifice; worship
unrestrained; shop
feed; raise
four-horse team
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Related words
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- 私人
- 自私
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- 私心
- 隐私