WordTaiwan frequency #15,793
自以為是
ㄗˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕˋ
“to think oneself always right; to be self-righteous and refuse to accept others' opinions”
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自
ㄗˋ
Self; oneself; private; personal; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course; surname.
以
ㄧˇ
to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; to consider as; to lead; to be able to; to make
為
ㄨㄟˋ
To do; to act; to make; to become; to be; to serve as; because of; for; by (passive voice marker).
是
ㄕˋ
To be; yes; correct; right; true; to affirm; to acknowledge; a surname; a thing; indeed.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 自己ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇoneself; one's own; (Beijing dialect) intimate; close (of relationships)
- 可以ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇcan; may; to be able to; to be possible; not bad; pretty good
- 因為ㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋbecause; owing to; on account of; introduces a reason or cause
- 所以ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇtherefore; so; as a result; the reason why; used for; why
- 認為ㄖㄣˋ ㄨㄟˋto think; to believe; to consider; to feel; to hold the view that
- 成為ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋto become; to turn into; to develop into; to grow into.
- 但是ㄉㄢˋ ㄕˋbut; however; yet; nevertheless; used to introduce a contrasting or limiting clause
- 還是ㄏㄞˊ ㄕˋstill; nevertheless; or; had better; unexpectedly
- 以及ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊand; as well as; used to connect parallel words or phrases.
- 是否ㄕˋ ㄈㄡˇwhether or not; if; used to introduce a yes–no question or indirect question; whether something is the case
- 可是ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋbut; however; yet; indeed; could it be that; just happens to be
- 自然ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊnature; the physical world and its phenomena; natural; not artificial or forced; naturally; of course; certainly