自告奮勇

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since
trad. (自告奮勇)		自	告奮勇
simp. (自告奋勇)		自	告奋勇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìgàofènyǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄍㄠˋ ㄈㄣˋ ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ gou³ fan⁵ jung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìgàofènyǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄍㄠˋ ㄈㄣˋ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhgàofènyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-kao⁴-fên⁴-yung³
    • Yale: dz̀-gàu-fèn-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhgawfennyeong
    • Palladius: цзыгаофэньюн (czygaofɛnʹjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ kɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fən⁵¹ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ gou³ fan⁵ jung⁵
    • Yale: jih gou fáhn yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ gou³ fan⁵ jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ gou³ fen⁵ yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kou̯³³ fɐn¹³ jʊŋ¹³/

Idiom

自告奮勇

1. to offer to do something voluntarily and enthusiastically; to volunteer for