各自(gè zì): each

Watch how each character of 各自 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 各自 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 汤姆和玛丽从他们各自的书桌前站起身来。

  tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì cóng tā men gè zì de shū zhuō qián zhàn qǐ shēn lái

  Tom and Mary got up from their desks.

• 我们各自关在自己的小办公室里。

  wǒ men gè zì guān zài zì jǐ de xiǎo bàn gōng shì lǐ

  Each of us is boxed off in his own little office.