他自以為自己是個藝術家。

He fancies himself as an artist.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
2 自 zì
  1. (bound form) self; oneself
  2. from; since
  3. naturally; as a matter of course
3 以為 yǐwéi to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
4 自己 zìjǐ
  1. oneself
  2. one's own
=5 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
=6 個 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=6 個 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
7 藝術家 yìshùjiā artist

classifiers: 個, 位, 名