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

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: ㄨㄢˊㄦㄏㄨㄛˇ 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

he who plays with fire will get burnt

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