Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「自言自語」 and how it’s used.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「自言自語」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Muttering to myself.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zì yán zì yǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji6 yin4 ji6 yu5
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
