自封 [－－]

Jyutping zi6 fung1
Pinyin zì fēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to proclaim oneself (sth)
  2. to give oneself the title of
  3. self-appointed
  4. self-styled
  5. to limit oneself to
  6. to isolate oneself
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to proclaim oneself; to confine oneself
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to proclaim oneself; to give oneself a title
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    同行个个都喺网上做宣传，我哋都唔可以再故步自封㗎喇。
    同行個個都喺網上做宣傳，我哋都唔可以再故步自封㗎喇。
    tung4 hong4 go3 go3 dou1 hai2 mong5 soeng6 zou6 syun1 cyun4, ngo5 dei6 dou1 m4 ho2 ji5 zoi3 gu3 bou6 zi6 fung1 gaa3 laa3.
    • Other competitors in the industry have started doing online PR. We cannot be complacent anymore.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    世上最可笑的是那些“知识里手”，有了道听涂说的一知半解，便自封为“天下第一”，适足见其不自量而已。
    世上最可笑的是那些“知識裏手”，有了道聽塗説的一知半解，便自封為“天下第一”，適足見其不自量而已。
    shì shàng zuì kě xiào de shì nà xiē “ zhī shi lǐ shǒu ” ， yǒu le dào tīng tú shuō de yī zhī bàn jiě ， biàn zì fēng wéi “ tiān xià dì yī ” ， shì zú jiàn qí bù zì liàng ér yǐ ．
    • The most ridiculous person in the world is the “know all” who picks up a smattering of hearsay knowledge and proclaims themselves “the world's Number One authority”; this merely shows that they have not taken a proper measure of themselves.