to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons)
to study in one's free time
individual study
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to study by oneself (outside of class time)
上大學那會兒,女生都愛扎堆兒,你三個一羣,我五個一夥,一塊兒上食堂吃飯,一塊兒到圖書館晚自習。
上大学那会儿,女生都爱扎堆儿,你三个一群,我五个一伙,一块儿上食堂吃饭,一块儿到图书馆晚自习。
shàng dà xué nèi huì r5 , nǚ shēng dōu ài zhā duī r5 , nǐ sān ge yī qún , wǒ wǔ ge yī huǒ , yī kuài r5 shàng shí táng chī fàn , yī kuài r5 dào tú shū guǎn wǎn zì xí . Back during my uni days, the girls liked going in groups to the canteen for a bite to eat or to the library to study into the night.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
自习
自習
zì xí
to study by oneself
Mandarin
中午去上自习,凳子还没有坐热就开始关门了(昨天都没有关),害我没有地方去,只有来网吧小坐一下。
中午去上自習,凳子還沒有坐熱就開始關門了(昨天都沒有關),害我沒有地方去,只有來網吧小坐一下。
zhōng wǔ qù shàng zì xí , dèng zǐ hái méi yǒu zuò rè jiù kāi shǐ guān mén le ( zuó tiān dōu méi yǒu guān ) , hài wǒ méi yǒu dì fāng qù , zhǐ yǒu lái wǎng ba xiǎo zuò yī xià .
At lunchtime, I went to study my lessons, but the bench had not even gotten cold before they started to close (yesterday they did not close at all). I had no place to go. The only thing to do was to come to an internet cafe and sit for a while.