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Usage of the character 私

[私]
  • personal
  • private
  • selfish
sīmài
私卖
[私賣]
  • to sell illicitly
  • to bootleg
  • to sell privately
sīyù
私欲
[私欲]
  • selfish desire
sīniàng
私酿
[私釀]
  • to brew alcoholic drinks illegally
yīnsī
因私
[因私]
  • private (i.e. not work-related 因公 (yīngōng))
sīfú
私服
[私服]
  • (gaming) server emulator; private server (abbr. for 私人服務器/私人服务器 (sīrénfúwùqì))
sīnáng
私囊
[私囊]
  • one's own pocket
sīchuǎng
私闯
[私闖]
  • to enter (a place) without permission; to intrude into
fànsī
贩私
[販私]
  • to traffic (smuggled goods)
  • illegal trading
sītūn
私吞
[私吞]
  • to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  • to embezzle
sīqíng
私情
[私情]
  • personal considerations
  • love affair
sīyíng
私营
[私營]
  • privately-owned
  • private
sīmì
私秘
[私秘]
  • variant of 私密 (sīmì)
sīyǔ
私语
[私語]
  • to discuss in whispered tones
  • whispered conversation
sījiào
私教
[私教]
  • personal trainer
sīlì
私立
[私立]
  • privately-run; private (school, hospital etc)
  • to set up illegally
sīchù
私处
[私處]
  • private parts
  • genitalia
sīxíng
私行
[私行]
  • to travel on private business
  • to act without official approval
  • to inspect incognito
  • to act in one's own interest
sītōng
私通
[私通]
  • to have secret ties with
  • to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc)
  • to engage in an illicit sexual relationship
  • adultery
sīliǎo
私了
[私了]
  • to settle privately
  • to solve behind closed doors
  • to settle out of court
sīfang
私房
[私房]
  • personal
  • private
  • confidential
sīhuì
私会
[私會]
  • (of lovers) to meet in secret; to have a clandestine rendezvous
sīyǒu
私有
[私有]
  • private
  • privately-owned
sīdì
私第
[私第]
  • (literary) private residence; private house
sīshú
私塾
[私塾]
  • private school (in former times)
sībēn
私奔
[私奔]
  • to elope
sīzhái
私宅
[私宅]
  • private residence
sīmù
私募
[私募]
  • private placement (investing)
sījiā
私家
[私家]
  • private
  • privately owned or managed
jiāsī
家私
[家私]
  • family property
  • family wealth
sīyán
私盐
[私鹽]
  • illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid)
sījiāo
私交
[私交]
  • personal friendship
zǒusī
走私
[走私]
  • to smuggle
  • to have an illicit affair
sīyùn
私运
[私運]
  • to smuggle
zìsī
自私
[自私]
  • selfish
  • selfishness
cángsī
藏私
[藏私]
  • (Tw) to withhold (knowledge, resources etc) out of reluctance to share
sīxìn
私信
[私信]
  • private correspondence; personal letter
  • (computing) personal message (PM); to message sb
sīshòu
私售
[私售]
  • see 私賣/私卖 (sīmài)
sīlüè
私掠
[私掠]
  • to privateer
sīxià
私下
[私下]
  • in private
sīcáng
私藏
[私藏]
  • to keep hidden
  • to keep in one's private possession
  • secret store
  • stash
sīshì
私事
[私事]
  • personal matters
sīrén
私人
[私人]
  • private
  • personal
  • interpersonal
  • sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
  • a member of one's clique
sīchóu
私仇
[私仇]
  • personal grudge
sīfǎ
私法
[私法]
  • private law
sībàn
私办
[私辦]
  • privately-run
sīlì
私利
[私利]
  • personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
sīliáo
私聊
[私聊]
  • (computing) to chat privately; private chat
sīyào
私钥
[私鑰]
  • (cryptography) private key
sīpiān
私偏
[私偏]
  • selfish preference
sīmì
私密
[私密]
  • private
  • secret
  • intimate
gōngsī
公私
[公私]
  • public and private (interests, initiative etc)
yíngsī
营私
[營私]
  • to gain from corrupt dealing
  • to engage in graft
  • to feather one's nest
sīzì
私自
[私自]
  • private; personal
  • secretly; without explicit approval
sīdǐ
私邸
[私邸]
  • private residence of a high-ranking official (as distinct from an official residence)
sīqǐ
私企
[私企]
  • private enterprise
  • abbr. of 私營企業/私营企业 (sīyíngqǐyè)
sīfáng
私房
[私房]
  • privately-owned house
  • private rooms
  • private ownings
wúsī
无私
[無私]
  • selfless
  • unselfish
  • disinterested
  • altruistic
yǐnsī
隐私
[隱私]
  • secrets
  • private business
  • privacy
yīnsī
阴私
[陰私]
  • shameful secret
sīchǎn
私产
[私產]
  • private property
sībì
私弊
[私弊]
  • fraudulent practice
sīfèn
私愤
[私憤]
  • personal spite
  • malice
sīxīn
私心
[私心]
  • selfishness
  • selfish motives
piānsī
偏私
[偏私]
  • to practice favoritism
sīxùn
私讯
[私訊]
  • (Tw) private message
  • to send a private message
jīsī
缉私
[緝私]
  • to suppress smugglers
  • to search for smuggled goods
sīyǐn
私隐
[私隱]
  • (HK) privacy
sīshēnghuó
私生活
[私生活]
  • private life
sījiāchē
私家车
[私家車]
  • private car
sīfángqián
私房钱
[私房錢]
  • secret purse
  • secret stash of money
sīyǒuzhì
私有制
[私有制]
  • private ownership of property
bǎosīnáng
饱私囊
[飽私囊]
  • to stuff one's pockets
  • to enrich oneself dishonestly
sīyǒuhuà
私有化
[私有化]
  • privatization
  • to privatize
sīshēngzǐ
私生子
[私生子]
  • illegitimate son
fǎnzǒusī
反走私
[反走私]
  • to oppose smuggling
  • anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)
zǒusīhuò
走私货
[走私貨]
  • smuggled goods
sīshēngnü
私生女
[私生女]
  • illegitimate daughter
yǐnsīquán
隐私权
[隱私權]
  • privacy right
sīdǐxia
私底下
[私底下]
  • privately
  • secretly
  • confidentially
xièsīfèn
泄私愤
[洩私憤]
  • to vent personal spite
  • to act out of malice (esp. of crime)
shuǎsīqíng
耍私情
[耍私情]
  • the play of passions
  • carried away by passion (e.g. to commit a crime)
zǒusīpǐn
走私品
[走私品]
  • smuggled product
  • contraband
  • pirate product
yíngsīwǔbì
营私舞弊
[營私舞弊]
  • see 徇私舞弊 (xùnsī-wǔbì)
tiěmiànwúsī
铁面无私
[鐵面無私]
  • strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)
gōngsījiāngù
公私兼顾
[公私兼顧]
  • to adequately take into account both public and private interests
sīshēngzǐnü
私生子女
[私生子女]
  • illegitimate child
guānsīhéyíng
官私合营
[官私合營]
  • public and private interests working together (idiom)
gōng'érwàngsī
公而忘私
[公而忘私]
  • for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  • selfless
sǔngōngféisī
损公肥私
[損公肥私]
  • to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
  • venal and selfish behavior
wēifúsīfǎng
微服私访
[微服私訪]
  • to mingle with the people incognito
guójìsīfǎ
国际私法
[國際私法]
  • conflict of laws
gōngbàosīchóu
公报私仇
[公報私仇]
  • to use public office to avenge private wrongs
qièqièsīyǔ
窃窃私语
[竊竊私語]
  • (idiom) to whisper
xùnsīwǔbì
徇私舞弊
[徇私舞弊]
  • (idiom) to abuse one's position for personal gain
dòusīpīxiū
斗私批修
[鬥私批修]
  • fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
zhōngbǎosīnáng
中饱私囊
[中飽私囊]
  • to stuff one's pockets
  • to take bribes
jiǎgōngjìsī
假公济私
[假公濟私]
  • official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
sīyíngqǐyè
私营企业
[私營企業]
  • private business
  • opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業/国有企业 (guóyǒuqǐyè)
gōngsīhéyíng
公私合营
[公私合營]
  • joint public private operation
gèrényǐnsī
个人隐私
[個人隱私]
  • personal privacy; private matters
guānbàosīchóu
官报私仇
[官報私仇]
  • to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
zìsīzìlì
自私自利
[自私自利]
  • everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
  • selfish
  • mercenary
xùnsīwǎngfǎ
徇私枉法
[徇私枉法]
  • to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
qièqièsīyǔ
切切私语
[切切私語]
  • a private whisper
yǐquánmóusī
以权谋私
[以權謀私]
  • to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
sīmùjījīn
私募基金
[私募基金]
  • private equity fund
  • fund offered to private placement (e.g. hedge fund)
sīlìxuéxiào
私立学校
[私立學校]
  • private school
chuángzǐzhīsī
床笫之私
[床笫之私]
  • intimate matters
jiédǎngyíngsī
结党营私
[結黨營私]
  • (idiom) to form a clique for self-serving purposes
sīrényàoshi
私人钥匙
[私人鑰匙]
  • private key (in encryption)
sīdìngzhōngshēn
私定终身
[私定終身]
  • to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
dàgōngwúsī
大公无私
[大公無私]
  • selfless
  • impartial
wūniǎosīqíng
乌鸟私情
[烏鳥私情]
  • lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom)
  • fig. filial piety
sīrénfúwùqì
私人服务器
[私人服務器]
  • (gaming) server emulator; private server
xūnǐsīrénwǎngluò
虚拟私人网络
[虛擬私人網絡]
  • virtual private network (VPN)