自居

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	reside
simp. and trad. (自居)		自	居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìjū

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ geoi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-ku / chū-ku / chū-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjyu
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chü¹
  - Yale: dz̀-jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjiu
  - Palladius: цзыцзюй (czyczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ geoi¹
  - Yale: jih gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-ku
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-ku
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ku³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ku
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxkw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxky
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/

Verb

自居

(often derogatory) to consider oneself to be; to pose as

Usage notes

Usually in the structure 以……自居.