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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-hóⁿ-chū-hûn / oán-hóe-chū-hûn

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: ㄨㄢˊㄦㄏㄨㄛˇ 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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-hóⁿ-chū-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: uán-hónn-tsū-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnhvofzuxhuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su²²⁻²¹ hun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-hóe-chū-hûn
  - Tâi-lô: uán-hué-tsū-hûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnhoefzuxhuun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su³³⁻²¹ hun²³/

Idiom

玩火自焚

he who plays with fire will get burnt; sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

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