自我
zì​wǒ HSK6

oneself

自我 zì​wǒ
oneself nounpronoun
self; oneself; refers to the person doing the action when that person is also the object of the action, usually appearing before a two-syllable verb

你是否常常自我矛盾？

nǐ shì​fǒu cháng​cháng zì​wǒ máo​dùn?

Do you often contradict yourself?

细胞在睡眠中自我重建和修复。

xì​bāo zài shuì​mián zhōng zì​wǒ chóng​jiàn hé xiū​fù.

Cells rebuild and repair themselves during sleep.

ego noun
the self or individual identity; (psychology) the ego, including the part of the mind that mediates between the id and the superego

我们戴着面具来隐藏自己真实的自我。

wǒ​men dài zhe miàn​jù lái yǐn​cáng zì​jǐ zhēn​shí de zì​wǒ.

We wear masks to hide our true selves.

self-centered adjectivenoun
self-centered; selfish; prioritizing one's own needs and perspective without considering others

许多人以自我为中心。

xǔ​duō rén yǐ zì​wǒ wéi zhōng​xīn.

Many people are self-centered.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
58.1 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
71.4 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)