玩火自焚

玩火自焚

Chinese

		to play with fire	to self-immolate; to self-destroy; to lead to the demise of oneself
simp. and trad. (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)⁺
    • Pinyin: wánhuǒzìfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanhuuotzyhfern
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: wánrhuǒzìfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walhuuotzyhfern
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan^4-2 fo² zi⁶ fan⁴
    • Yale: wáan fó jih fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan^4-2 fo² dzi⁶ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan² fo² ji⁶ fen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wäːn²¹⁻³⁵ fɔː³⁵ t͡siː²² fɐn²¹/

Idiom

玩火自焚

1. he who plays with fire will get burnt