私si1自zi6

English

1. private; personal
2. without permission or authorisation; privately
3. secretly; without explicit approval

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 冇得到准許或者授權而去做一啲嘢

Examples

• 私自闖入領事館

  to break into the consulate without permission

• 他是个极其自私自利的人。

  He is a lump of selfishness.

  Tatoeba · mtdot CC BY

• 他只不過是個自私自利的人。

  He is nothing more than an egoist.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY