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玩火自焚

玩火自焚

Chinese

		to play with fire	self-immolation
simp. and trad. (玩火自焚)		玩火	自焚

Idiom

玩火自焚

he who plays with fire will get burnt

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wánhuǒzìfén

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan^4-2 fo² zi⁶ fan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánhuǒzìfén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanhuootzyhfenr
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ fən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánrhuǒzìfén
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walhuootzyhfenr
  - 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
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːn²¹⁻³⁵ fɔː³⁵ t͡siː²² fɐn²¹/