# 自私 (zìsī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 自私 (zìsī) means “selfish; selfishness”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: selfish; selfishness
- Pinyin: zìsī (zi4 si1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他太自私了，只顾自己。
  Tā tài zìsī le, zhǐ gù zìjǐ.
  He is too selfish and only cares about himself.

## Characters

- [自](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-from/) (zì): from; since
- 私 (sī): personal; private; selfish

https://hanziro.com/word/zi-si-selfish/

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