自主
zì zhǔ 4–3
independent; to act for oneself; autonomous
- Characters
- 2
- 自 · 主
- Syllables
- 2
- zì zhǔ
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 6,858
Part of speech: v,vn
Character by character
- 自zì6 strokesHSK 2self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
- 主zhǔ5 strokesHSK 2master, chief owner; host; lord
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 自主. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 自己zì jǐHSK 2
oneself; one's own
- 自zìHSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely
- 来自lái zìHSK 2
to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 主zhǔHSK 7
owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 自然zì ránHSK 3
nature; natural; naturally
- 主要zhǔ yàoHSK 2
main; principal; major; primary
- 自由zì yóuHSK 2
freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- 自我zì wǒHSK 6
self-; ego (psychology)
- 主题zhǔ tíHSK 4
theme; subject
- 主任zhǔ rènHSK 3
director; head
- 自从zì cóngHSK 3
since (a time); ever since
- 主席zhǔ xíHSK 4
chairperson; premier; chairman
- 亲自qīn zìHSK 3
personally; in person; oneself
- 自动zì dòngHSK 3
automatic; voluntarily
- 主人zhǔ rénHSK 2
master; host; owner
- 主动zhǔ dòngHSK 3
to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- 自信zì xìnHSK 4
to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- 主管zhǔ guǎnHSK 5
in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- 公主gōng zhǔHSK 6
princess
- 主义zhǔ yìHSK 7
-ism; ideology
- 自杀zì shāHSK 5
to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
- 主持人zhǔ chí rénHSK 6
TV or radio presenter; host; anchor
- 主持zhǔ chíHSK 3
to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
- 民主mín zhǔHSK 6
democracy