私 人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique 私 自 sī zì private / personal / secretly / without explicit approval 隐 藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) 私 营 sī yíng privately-owned / private 专 属 zhuān shǔ to belong or be dedicated exclusively to / proprietary / private / personal 列 兵 liè bīng private (army) 私 有 sī yǒu private / privately-owned 私 家 sī jiā private / privately owned or managed 私 立 sī lì private (company, school etc) 私 密 sī mì private / secret / intimate 私 房 sī fang personal / private / confidential 士 卒 shì zú soldier / private (army) 私 personal / private / selfish 黮 black, dark / unclear / private 私 钱 sī qián private 隐 私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy 家 教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 普 通 人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street 私 下 sī xià in private 私 营 企 业 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 包 厢 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) 专 车 zhuān chē special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app 私 家 车 sī jiā chē private car 补 习 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor 自 爆 zì bào to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself 包 房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 行 医 xíng yī to practice medicine (esp. in private practice) 个 人 隐 私 gè rén yǐn sī personal privacy / private matters 私 处 sī chù private parts / genitalia 私 房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings 上 等 兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 隐 忧 yǐn yōu secret concern / private worry 私 生 活 sī shēng huó private life 民 房 mín fáng private house 包 间 bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment 钱 庄 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal 公 私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) 切 口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code 座 机 zuò jī fixed phone / private plane 个 体 户 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage) 自 留 地 zì liú dì private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm 私 募 sī mù private placement (investing) 自 有 品 牌 zì yǒu pǐn pái private brand 私 企 sī qǐ private enterprise / abbr. of 私營企業|私营企业[si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] 座 驾 zuò jià one's own car (or motorbike) / vehicle for one's private use 转 移 支 付 zhuǎn yí zhī fù transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return) 自 诉 zì sù private prosecution (law) / (of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms) 书 馆 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 / story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 私 藏 sī cáng to keep hidden / to keep in one's private possession / secret store / stash 私 立 学 校 sī lì xué xiào private school 私 塾 sī shú private school (in former times) 三 资 企 业 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures 深 闺 shēn guī lady's private room or bedroom / boudoir 小 金 库 xiǎo jīn kù supplementary cash reserve / private fund / private hoard / slush fund 私 有 制 sī yǒu zhì private ownership of property 个 体 经 济 gè tǐ jīng jì economics of a self-employed individual or private firm 密 谈 mì tán commune / private discussion 私 法 sī fǎ private law 雅 座 yǎ zuò (restaurant etc) private room / booth / comfortable seating 假 公 济 私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position 公 私 合 营 gōng sī hé yíng joint public private operation 慎 独 shèn dú to preserve a proper behavior in private life 背 地 bèi dì secretly / in private / behind someone's back 体 己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members 塾 private school 公 报 私 仇 gōng bào sī chóu to use public office to avenge private wrongs 公 私 兼 顾 gōng sī jiān gù to adequately take into account both public and private interests 切 切 私 语 qiè qiè sī yǔ a private whisper 舍 己 为 公 shě jǐ wèi gōng to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited 悄 悄 话 qiāo qiao huà whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings 明 德 学 院 Míng dé Xué yuàn Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont 私 人 钥 匙 sī rén yào shi private key (in encryption) 私 有 财 产 sī yǒu cái chǎn private good 公 营 企 业 gōng yíng qǐ yè public enterprise, as opposed to private enterprise 私營企業|私营企业[si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] 公 私 交 迫 gōng sī jiāo pò combined public and private interests are a powerful force (idiom) 官 私 合 营 guān sī hé yíng public and private interests working together (idiom) 束 脩 shù xiū (literary) salary of a private tutor 梯 己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members 沉 潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 社 融 shè róng private financing (abbr. for 社會融資|社会融资[she4 hui4 rong2 zi1]) 私 募 基 金 sī mù jī jīn private equity fund / fund offered to private placement (e.g. hedge fund) 私 行 sī xíng to travel on private business / to act without official approval / to inspect incognito / to act in one's own interest 走 内 线 zǒu nèi xiàn insider contacts / via private channels / to seek influence with sb via family members (possibly dishonest or underhand) 路 霸 lù bà brigand / (modern) uncivil driver / road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place 雅 间 yǎ jiān private room (in a restaurant, bath house, etc) 馆 宾 guǎn bīn private teacher / preceptor 体 己 钱 tī ji qián private saved money of close family members 海 牙 国 际 私 法 会 议 hǎi yá guó jì sī fǎ huì yì Hague Conference on Private International Law / Hague Conference 私 人 公 司 sī rén gōng sī private company 私 营 部 门 sī yíng bù mén private sector 虚 拟 私 人 网 络 xū ní sī rén wǎng luò virtual private network (VPN) 资 方 zī fāng the owners of a private enterprise / management / capital (as opposed to labor) 非 洲 国 际 私 法 学 会 African Institute of Private International Law 私 营 管 理 sī yíng guǎn lǐ private management 国 际 私 营 企 业 中 心 Center for International Private Enterprise 为 儿 童 全 面 免 疫 向 私 营 部 门 筹 款 工 作 队 Task Force on Private Sector Fund-raising for Universal Child Immunization 私 营 部 门 司 sī yíng bù mén sī Private Sector Division 私 人 配 售 sī rén pèi shòu private placement 私 营 部 门 参 与 发 展 司 Division for Private Sector in Development 英 联 邦 私 人 投 资 倡 议 yīng lián bāng sī rén tóu zī chàng yì Commonwealth Private Investment Initiative
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