自負

See also: 自负

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear lose; negative (maths, etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)
trad. (自負)		自	負
simp. (自负)		自	负

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ fu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-hū / chīr-hù / chīr-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhfù
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhfuh
    • Palladius: цзыфу (czyfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɹ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ fu⁶
    • Yale: jih fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxhu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-hù
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-hù
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² hu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-hū
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-hū

Verb

自負

1. to be responsible for one's own actions

Derived terms

• 後果自負 / 后果自负 (hòuguǒ zìfù)
• 買者自負 / 买者自负 (mǎizhě zìfù)

Adjective

自負

1. thinking highly of oneself; self-important; conceited

Synonyms

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• 傲慢 (àomàn)
• 兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
• 囂俳 / 嚣俳 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 囂張 / 嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
• 沙塵 / 沙尘 (saa¹ can⁴) (Cantonese)
• 沙屎 (Cantonese)
• 滿 / 满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 滿盈 / 满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
• 牙擦 (Cantonese)
• 牛氣 / 牛气 (niúqi) (regional)
• 狂 (kuáng)
• 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
• 矜貴 / 矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 空歁 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自大 (zìdà)
• 自恃 (zìshì)
• 自滿 / 自满 (zìmǎn)
• 自高 (zìgāo)
• 起市 (hei² si^4*) (Taishanese)
• 起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 驕傲 / 骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕橫 / 骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕矜 / 骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
• 驕縱 / 骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 高傲 (gāo'ào)
• 高慢 (gāomàn)

Derived terms

• 自負不凡 / 自负不凡
• 謇諤自負 / 謇谔自负

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	負
じ Grade: 2	ふ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɸɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) じふ [jíꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

自(じ)負(ふ) • (jifu) 

1. self-confidence

Synonyms

• 矜持(きょうじ) (kyōji)

Verb

自(じ)負(ふ)する • (jifu suru) suru (stem 自(じ)負(ふ)し (jifu shi), past 自(じ)負(ふ)した (jifu shita))

1. to be self-proud

Conjugation

Conjugation of "自負する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	自負し	じふし	jifu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	自負し	じふし	jifu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	自負する	じふする	jifu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	自負する	じふする	jifu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	自負すれ	じふすれ	jifu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	自負せよ¹ 自負しろ²	じふせよ¹ じふしろ²	jifu seyo¹ jifu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	自負される	じふされる	jifu sareru
Causative	自負させる 自負さす	じふさせる じふさす	jifu saseru jifu sasu
Potential	自負できる	じふできる	jifu dekiru
Volitional	自負しよう	じふしよう	jifu shiyō
Negative	自負しない	じふしない	jifu shinai
Negative continuative	自負せず	じふせず	jifu sezu
Formal	自負します	じふします	jifu shimasu
Perfective	自負した	じふした	jifu shita
Conjunctive	自負して	じふして	jifu shite
Hypothetical conditional	自負すれば	じふすれば	jifu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “自負”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
自	負

Adjective

自負

1. chữ Hán form of tự phụ (“egotistical, grandiose, pompous, self-important”)