Cantonese Dictionary

自我價值

zi6 ngo5 gaa3 zik6

Mandarin: zi4 wo3 jia4 zhi2

Simplified: 自我价值

intrinsic value; self worth

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自我反省

zi6 ngo5 faan2 sing2

soul searching

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自我實現

zi6 ngo5 sat6 jin6

Mandarin: zi4 wo3 shi2 xian4

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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自我意識

zi6 ngo5 ji3 sik1

Mandarin: zi4 wo3 yi4 shi2

[psychology] ego [Syn.] 自我

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自我評價

zi6 ngo5 ping4 gaa3

Mandarin: zi4 wo3 ping2 jia4

self-esteem

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自我陶醉

zi6 ngo5 tou4 zeoi3

Mandarin: zi4 wo3 tao2 zui4

narcissism

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自戕

zi6 coeng4

Mandarin: zi4 qiang1

suicide (formal 文) also 自殺；自盡；自裁；自尋短見；輕生

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自打嘴巴

zi6 daa2 zeoi2 baa1

Mandarin: zi4 da3 zui3 ba5

literally: to slap one's own face; to contradict oneself

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自把自為

zi6 baa2 zi6 wai4

Mandarin: zi4 ba3 zi4 wei2

Simplified: 自把自为

to decide all by oneself without consulting or listening to the advice of others

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自拍照

zi6 paak3 ziu3

Mandarin: zi4 pai1zhao4

a selfie [written and colloquial]

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自拍神棍

zi6 paak3 san4 gwan3

Mandarin: zi4 pai1 shen2 gun4

selfie stick

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自拔

zi6 bat6

Mandarin: zi4 ba2

free oneself; extricate oneself from a difficult situation

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自持

zi6 ci4

Mandarin: zi4 chi2

to control oneself; to restrain oneself

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自掘墳墓

zi6 gwat6 fan4 mou6

Mandarin: zi4 jue2 fen2 mu4

to dig your own grave

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自摸

zi6 mo2*1

Mandarin: zi4 mo1

(mahjong) self-pick; winning with a tile that was drawn from the wall

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自救

zi6 gau3

Mandarin: zi4 jiu4

to save oneself

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自斟自酌

zi6 zam1 zi6 zoek3

Mandarin: zi4 zhen1 zi4 zhuo2

drink wine alone; to have one's own opinion

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自新

zi6 san1

Mandarin: zi4 xin1

oneself (spoken)

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自暴自棄

zi6 bou6 zi6 hei3

desperateness, self-degredation

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自梳

zi6 so1

Mandarin: zi4 shu1

female who declares she will not get married

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自梳女

zi6 so1 neoi5*2

Cantonese

a spinster, a lifelong celibate woman | also 自梳, 梳起

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自梳女

zi6 so1 neoi5

Mandarin: zi4 shu1 nv3

female who declared they are and will stay single; female servants (spoken)

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自欺欺人

zi6 hei1 hei1 jan4

fooling oneself and others

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自此

zi6 ci2

Mandarin: zi4 ci3

since then, henceforth

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自殘

zi6 caan4

Mandarin: zi4 can2

Simplified: 自残

to harm oneself; to mutilate oneself; self harm

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自殺

zi6 saat3

Mandarin: zi4 sha1

to commit suicide; to kill oneself

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自殺協定

zi6 saat3 hip3 ding6

suicide pact

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自殺式爆炸

zi6 saat3 sik1 baau3 zaa3

Mandarin: zi4 sha1 shi4 bao4 zha4

suicide bombing

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自殺炸彈殺手

zi6 saat3 zaa3 daan6*2 saat3 sau2

Mandarin: zi4 sha1 zha4 dan4 sha1 shou3

suicide bomber

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自殺率

zi6 saat3 leot6*2

Mandarin: zi4 sha1 lv4

suicide rate

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