亲自 qīnzì▶ đích thân

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

Related words

• 亲切loại; tử tế
• 亲爱Kính gửi; Thân mến
• 各自Mỗi
• 自从Kể từ khi; vì
• 自动tự động
• 自愿tự nguyện

亲自 is pronounced qīnzì and means “đích thân”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 亲自 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.