# 私立 (sīlì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 私立 (sīlì) means “privately run; private”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: privately run; private
- Pinyin: sīlì (si1 li4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 她在一家私立学校当老师。
  Tā zài yì suǒ sīlì xuéxiào dāng lǎoshī.
  She works as a teacher at a private school.

## Characters

- 私 (sī): personal; private; selfish
- [立](https://hanziro.com/word/li-stand/) (lì): to stand; to set up

https://hanziro.com/word/si-li-privately-run/

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