自焚

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	burn
trad. (自焚)		自	焚
simp. #(自焚)		自	焚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìfén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi⁶ fan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du⁵ fun³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-hûn / chīr-hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìfén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhfén
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-fên²
    • Yale: dz̀-fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhfern
    • Palladius: цзыфэнь (czyfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ fan⁴
    • Yale: jih fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² fɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du⁵ fun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³² fun²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-hûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxhuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ hun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ hun¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ hun²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-hûn
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-hûn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² hun²⁴/

Verb

自焚

1. to self-immolate
2. (figurative) to self-destroy; to lead to the demise of oneself

Derived terms

• 引火自焚
• 玩火自焚 (wánhuǒzìfén)

 

Noun

自焚

1. self-immolation