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Definition 2024

自居

自居

Chinese

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

Verb

自居

to consider oneself to be; to pose as

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zìjū

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zìjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjiu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ geoi¹
  - Yale: jih gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ goey¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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 (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-ki
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxky
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ ki⁴⁴/