Hanzi Now
CharactersIdiomsChinese NameFlashcards
Tools

Visual content

  • Chinese Text Image GeneratorCreate PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
  • Stroke Order AnimatorTurn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
  • Character Highlight AnimatorChoose character parts and animate their colors, together or in stroke order
  • Chinese Text Morph AnimatorTurn one Chinese character, word or phrase into another; download SVG, MP4 or WebM

Audio content

  • Chinese Text to SpeechRead Chinese aloud with karaoke highlighting

Teaching materials

  • Writing WorksheetsPrintable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion
  • Bingo CardsPicture and word Bingo for your class
  • Picture WorksheetsChinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets

Other

  • Pinyin GeneratorConvert Chinese text to pinyin with tone marks
  • Chinese Zodiac CalculatorFind your animal sign from your birth date and make a zodiac card.
  • Chinese Word CounterCount characters, words and sentences in Chinese text
View all tools →
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用
私心自用

私心自用 — Chinese Idiom

私心自用 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to act solely based on one's own selfish motives or subjective judgment, disregarding objective facts or the interests of others”.

Frequency

私心自用 Pronunciation and Pinyin

私心自用 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
私
sī7private, personal, secret
心
xīn4heart, mind, core
自
zì6from, self, naturally
用
yòng5to use or employ

Example Sentence with 私心自用

一个团队的领导如果总是私心自用,不顾整体利益,最终会导致项目失败
If a team leader always acts out of self-interest and disregards the overall benefit, it will ultimately lead to project failure.

Idioms Related to 私心自用

Synonyms of 私心自用

  • yì意qì气yòng用shì事act on impulse or emotion

More idioms starting with 私

  • sī私chóu仇bù不jí及gōng公Private grudges should not obstruct public duty
  • sī私xīn心wàng妄niàn念selfish deluded thoughts
  • sī私xīn心zá杂niàn念selfish distracting thoughts
  • sī私ēn恩xiǎo小huì惠petty favors and small benefits
  • sī私qíng情mì密yǔ语private intimate talk
  • sī私zhì智xiǎo小huì慧petty shrewdness and narrow perspective
  • sī私shū淑dì弟zǐ子self-taught admirer
  • sī私yán盐sī私cù醋clandestine illicit affairs
  • sī私xiāng相chuán传shòu授privately teach and impart
  • sī私xiāng相shòu授shòu受privately give and receive
  • sī私yán言qiè切yǔ语private intimate whispers
  • sī私xié谐huān欢hǎo好secretly form an intimate relationship

Recommended tools

Character Highlight Animator

Choose character parts and animate their colors, together or in stroke order

Open the tool →

Bingo Cards

Picture and word Bingo for your class

Open the tool →

Picture Worksheets

Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets

Open the tool →

Writing Worksheets

Printable tracing sheets with a QR learning companion

Open the tool →

Questions about 私心自用

What does 私心自用 mean?

私心自用 (sī xīn zì yòng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to act solely based on one's own selfish motives or subjective judgment, disregarding objective facts or the interests of others”.

How do you pronounce 私心自用?

私心自用 is pronounced sī xīn zì yòng in Mandarin Chinese.

What is the Chinese definition of 私心自用?

私:个人的;自用:凭主观行事。只凭自己的心意行事

Hanzi Now

Explore the charm of Chinese language

Explore

  • Characters
  • Idioms
  • Chinese Names
  • Flashcards

Tools

  • Chinese Text Image Generator
  • Stroke Order Animator
  • Character Highlight Animator
  • Bingo Cards
  • Picture Worksheets
  • All Tools

More

  • Blog
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
© 2026 Hanzi NowContact Us