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自豪 (zì háo) — proud (of one's achievements, oneself, etc.)

Definition

自豪 is the positive, dignified 'proud (of one's achievements)' — unlike 骄傲 it has no arrogant sense, and it's warmer than 荣幸, which is formal and self-deprecating ('honored to...').

adjective
proud (of one's achievements, oneself, etc.)

Examples

  • 自豪。
    Wǒ wèi wǒ de zǔ guó gǎn dào zì háo.
    I am proud of my motherland.
  • 自豪。
    Tā zì háo dì zhǎn shì le zì jǐ de zuò pǐn.
    She proudly displayed her own work.
  • 自豪。
    Zhè cì chéng gōng ràng tā fēi cháng zì háo.
    This success made him very proud.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

自zìself
豪háoproud

自 refers to oneself, and 豪 to pride, so the whole means feeling proud of oneself.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

自 originally drew a nose. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write 自, so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
豕豕shǐpig, boar
Sound part声符shēngfú
高
高gāo豪háo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

豪 shows 豕, a pig or boar, together with 高, which gives its sound.

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