搬起石頭打自己的腳

Chinese

		remove; transport; move remove; transport; move; shift	to rise; to raise; to get up	stone; rock	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	self; oneself; by oneself	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	role; foot; base
trad. (搬起石頭打自己的腳)		搬	起	石頭	打	自己	的	腳
simp. (搬起石头打自己的脚)		搬	起	石头	打	自己	的	脚
Literally: “lift a rock only to hurt your leg”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānqǐ shítou dǎ zìjǐ de jiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun¹ hei² sek⁶ tau⁴ daa² zi⁶ gei² dik¹ goek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānqǐ shítou dǎ zìjǐ de jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄉㄚˇ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bancǐ shíhto̊u dǎ zìhjǐ de̊ jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-chʻi³ shih²-tʻou⁵ ta³ tzŭ⁴-chi³ tê⁵ chiao³
    • Yale: bān-chǐ shŕ-tou dǎ dz̀-jǐ de jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banchii shyr.tou daa tzyhjii .de jeau
    • Palladius: баньци шитоу да цзыцзи дэ цзяо (banʹci šitou da czyczi dɛ czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun¹ hei² sek⁶ tau⁴ daa² zi⁶ gei² dik¹ goek³
    • Yale: būn héi sehk tàuh dá jih géi dīk geuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun¹ hei² sek⁹ tau⁴ daa² dzi⁶ gei² dik⁷ goek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun¹ héi² ség⁶ teo⁴ da² ji⁶ géi² dig¹ gêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ sɛːk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ taː³⁵ t͡siː²² kei̯³⁵ tɪk̚⁵ kœːk̚³/

Idiom

搬起石頭打自己的腳

1. Synonym of 搬石頭砸自己的腳／搬石头砸自己的脚 (bān shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo)