自得

自得

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
simp. and trad. (自得)		自	得
Literally: “to obtain (something) oneself”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ dak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chīr-tit / chū-tit / chū-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zìdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhder
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhdé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ dak¹
    • Yale: jih dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tɐk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-tit
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-tit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² tit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-tit
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxdid
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ tit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxdeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/

Verb

自得

1. to feel contented; to be pleased with one's position
2. (literary) to come to a realization of one's own accord

Derived terms

不求自得 怡然自得 悠然自得 意氣自得／意气自得 打自得兒／打自得儿 揚揚自得／扬扬自得 欣欣自得

欣然自得 洋洋自得 神色自得 超然自得 逍遙自得／逍遥自得 陶然自得