玩火自焚

Chinese

		to play with fire	to self-immolate; to self-destroy; to lead to the demise of oneself
trad. (玩火自焚)		玩火	自焚
simp. #(玩火自焚)		玩火	自焚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánhuǒzìfén

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan^4-2 fo² zi⁶ fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánhuǒzìfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánhuǒzìhfén
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-huo³-tzŭ⁴-fên²
    • Yale: wán-hwǒ-dz̀-fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanhuootzyhfern
    • Palladius: ваньхоцзыфэнь (vanʹxoczyfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánrhuǒzìfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánrhuǒzìhfén
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-ʼrh-huo³-tzŭ⁴-fên²
    • Yale: wánr-hwǒ-dz̀-fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walhuootzyhfern
    • Palladius: ваньрхоцзыфэнь (vanʹrxoczyfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan^4-2 fo² zi⁶ fan⁴
    • Yale: wáan fó jih fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan^4-2 fo² dzi⁶ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan^4-2 fo² ji⁶ fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹⁻³⁵ fɔː³⁵ t͡siː²² fɐn²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 玩火自焚

1. he who plays with fire will get burnt