捨己

Chinese

		give up; abandon	6th heavenly stem; self
trad. (捨己)		捨	己
simp. (舍己)		舍	己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shějǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se² gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shějǐ [Phonetic: shéjǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shějǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shê³-chi³
    • Yale: shě-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheejii
    • Palladius: шэцзи (šɛczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se² gei²
    • Yale: sé géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se² gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé² géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵/

Verb

捨己

1. to forsake one's own interests; to be altruistic
   • 1998, “祢是彌賽亞”, 陳芳榮 [Edwin Tanner] (lyrics), 吉中鳴 [Joseph Chi] (music)‎^[1]performed by 香港基督徒音樂事工 [Hong Kong Association of Christian Music Ministry]:

     頌讚主基督甘犧牲捨己救萬民 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     颂赞主基督甘牺牲舍己救万民 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zung⁶ zaan³ zyu² gei¹ duk¹ gam¹ hei¹ sang¹ se² gei² gau³ maan⁶ man⁴ [Jyutping]

     Praise Christ the Lord, who willingly sacrificed Himself to save all men

Derived terms

• 捨己就人／舍己就人
• 捨己從人／舍己从人
• 捨己成人／舍己成人
• 捨己救人／舍己救人
• 捨己為人／舍己为人 (shějǐwèirén)
• 捨己為公／舍己为公