ji3
self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; sixth in order; letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa

strokes 3
radical
strokes after radical 0
爱人如己 愛人如己 ai4 ren2 ru2 ji3
love others as self

安分守己 安分守己 an1 fen4 shou3 ji3
to be content with one's lot (idiom); to know one's place

搬起石头砸自己的脚 搬起石頭砸自己的腳 ban1 qi3 shi2 tou5 za2 zi4 ji3 de5 jiao3
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom); hoisted by one's own petard

搬石头砸自己的脚 搬石頭砸自己的腳 ban1 shi2 tou5 za2 zi4 ji3 de5 jiao3
to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

表现自己 表現自己 biao3 xian4 zi4 ji3
to express oneself; to give an account of oneself; to project oneself; to show off

不以物喜,不以己悲 不以物喜,不以己悲 bu4 yi3 wu4 xi3 - bu4 yi3 ji3 bei1
not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself

妲己 妲己 da2 ji3
Daji (c. 11th century BC), mythical fox spirit and concubine of the last Shang Dynasty Emperor Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛

反求诸己 反求諸己 fan3 qiu2 zhu1 ji3
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else

奉公克己 奉公剋己 feng4 gong1 ke4 ji3
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the public interest wholeheartedly

各持己见 各持己見 ge4 chi2 ji3 jian4
each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout

各抒己见 各抒己見 ge4 shu1 ji3 jian4
everyone gives their own view

各执己见 各執己見 ge4 zhi2 ji3 jian4
each sticks to his own view (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

固执己见 固執己見 gu4 zhi2 ji3 jian4
to persist in one's views

海内存知己,天涯若比邻 海內存知己,天涯若比鄰 hai3 nei4 cun2 zhi1 ji3 - tian1 ya2 ruo4 bi3 lin2
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door; close in spirit although far away

红颜知己 紅顏知己 hong2 yan2 zhi1 ji3
close female friend; confidante

回家吃自己 回家吃自己 hui2 jia1 chi1 zi4 ji3
(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked; to be fired

己丑 己丑 ji3 chou3
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069

己方 己方 ji3 fang1
our side; one's own (side etc)

己亥 己亥 ji3 hai4
thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019

己见 己見 ji3 jian4
one's own viewpoint

己卯 己卯 ji3 mao3
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059

己巳 己巳 ji3 si4
sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049

己所不欲,勿施于人 己所不欲,勿施於人 ji3 suo3 bu4 yu4 - wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects); Do as you would be done by.; Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

己糖 己糖 ji3 tang2
hexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖

己未 己未 ji3 wei4
fifty-sixth year F8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1979 or 2039

己型肝炎 己型肝炎 ji3 xing2 gan1 yan2
hepatitis F

己酉 己酉 ji3 you3
forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029

金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝 金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩 jin1 wo1 yin2 wo1 bu4 ru2 zi4 ji3 de5 gou3 wo1
there's no place like home (idiom)

据为己有 據為己有 ju4 wei2 ji3 you3
to take for one's own; to expropriate

克己 剋己 ke4 ji3
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness

克己奉公 剋己奉公 ke4 ji3 feng4 gong1
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the public interest wholeheartedly

克己复礼 克己復禮 ke4 ji3 fu4 li3
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties; (any number of possible translations)

孔乙己 孔乙己 kong3 yi3 ji3
Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅

蓝颜知己 藍顏知己 lan2 yan2 zhi1 ji3
close male friend; confidant

利己 利己 li4 ji3
personal profit; to benefit oneself

利己主义 利己主義 li4 ji3 zhu3 yi4
egoism

瞒心昧己 瞞心昧己 man2 xin1 mei4 ji3
to blot out one's conscience

求人不如求己 求人不如求己 qiu2 ren2 bu4 ru2 qiu2 ji3
if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

人不为己,天诛地灭 人不為己,天誅地滅 ren2 bu4 wei4 ji3 - tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

人在江湖,身不由己 人在江湖,身不由己 ren2 zai4 jiang1 hu2 - shen1 bu4 you2 ji3
you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

若要人不知,除非己莫为 若要人不知,除非己莫為 ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1 - chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

舍己 捨己 she3 ji3
selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism

舍己救人 捨己救人 she3 ji3 jiu4 ren2
to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism

舍己为公 捨己為公 she3 ji3 wei4 gong1
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless and public spirited

舍己为人 捨己為人 she3 ji3 wei4 ren2
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people; altruism

身不由己 身不由己 shen1 bu4 you2 ji3
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself

事不关己 事不關己 shi4 bu4 guan1 ji3
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)

事不关己,高高挂起 事不關己,高高掛起 shi4 bu4 guan1 ji3 - gao1 gao1 gua4 qi3
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

视同己出 視同己出 shi4 tong2 ji3 chu1
to regard sb as one's own child

视为知己 視為知己 shi4 wei2 zhi1 ji3
to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence

士为知己者死,女为悦己者容 士為知己者死,女為悅己者容 shi4 wei4 zhi1 ji3 zhe3 si3 - nv3 wei4 yue4 ji3 zhe3 rong2
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart

损人不利己 損人不利己 sun3 ren2 bu4 li4 ji3
to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)

损人利己 損人利己 sun3 ren2 li4 ji3
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others

梯己 梯己 ti1 ji5
intimate; private saving of family members

体己 體己 ti1 ji5
intimate; private saving of family members

体己钱 體己錢 ti1 ji5 qian2
private saved money of close family members

威福自己 威福自己 wei1 fu2 zi4 ji3
to abuse power; conflict of interest; power to judge as tyrant over one's own case

为己任 為己任 wei2 ji3 ren4
to make it one's business; to take upon oneself to

虚己以听 虛己以聽 xu1 ji3 yi3 ting1
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)

严以责己宽以待人 嚴以責己寬以待人 yan2 yi3 ze2 ji3 kuan1 yi3 dai4 ren2
to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)

严于律己 嚴於律己 yan2 yu2 lv4 ji3
to be strict with oneself

严以律己 嚴以律己 yan3 yi3 lv4 ji3
to be strict with oneself (idiom); to demand a lot of oneself

异己 異己 yi4 ji3
dissident; alien; outsider

与人方便,自己方便 與人方便,自己方便 yu3 ren2 fang1 bian4 - zi4 ji3 fang1 bian4
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).

占为己有 佔為己有 zhan4 wei2 ji3 you3
to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

知彼知己 知彼知己 zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

知彼知己,百战不殆 知彼知己,百戰不殆 zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3 - bai3 zhan4 bu4 dai4
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

知己 知己 zhi1 ji3
to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend

知己知彼 知己知彼 zhi1 ji3 zhi1 bi3
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)

知己知彼,百战不殆 知己知彼,百戰不殆 zhi1 ji3 zhi1 bi3 - bai3 zhan4 bu4 dai4
know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法)

诛锄异己 誅鋤異己 zhu1 chu2 yi4 ji3
to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree

自己 自己 zi4 ji3
oneself; one's own

自己动手 自己動手 zi4 ji3 dong4 shou3
to do (sth) oneself; to help oneself to

自己人 自己人 zi4 ji3 ren2
those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us

走自己的路,让人家去说 走自己的路,讓人家去說 zou3 zi4 ji3 de5 lu4 - rang4 ren2 jia1 qu4 shuo1
Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche); Do it my way.

做自己 做自己 zuo4 zi4 ji3
to be oneself