亲自 qīnzì▶ personally

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · Level 3

Traditional

親自

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 亲自 is in band 3. HSK 5 explained

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中亲自means personally, doing something yourself. You'd say it when a boss walks over to your desk to thank you in person, instead of sending someone else or writing a message.

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Stroke order

亲自 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 亲 — 9 strokes
• 自 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. personally
2. in person
3. oneself

Characters in 亲自

• 亲 qīn — parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 自 zì — (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 亲切kind
• 亲爱Dear
• 各自Each
• 自从Since
• 自动automatic
• 自愿voluntarily

亲自 is pronounced qīnzì and means “personally”.