Word Detail

自言自语

zì yán zì yǔ

to talk to oneself, to think aloud, to soliloquize

HSK 6 (v3.0)

Examples

他在自言自语。

Tā zài zìyán-zìyǔ.

He is talking to himself.

小声自言自语。

Xiǎoshēng zìyán-zìyǔ.

Whisper to oneself.

奇怪地自言自语。

Qíguài de zìyán-zìyǔ.

Talking to oneself strangely.