自相矛盾

Chinese

		mutually; each other	lance and shield; contradiction; inconsistency lance and shield; contradiction; inconsistency; disagreement; incongruity
simp. and trad. (自相矛盾)		自相	矛盾

Etymology

See 矛盾 (máodùn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìxiāngmáodùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ soeng¹ maau⁴ teon⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìxiāngmáodùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhsiangmáodùn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-hsiang¹-mao²-tun⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-syāng-máu-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshiangmauduenn
    • Palladius: цзысянмаодунь (czysjanmaodunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ soeng¹ maau⁴ teon⁵
    • Yale: jih sēung màauh téuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ soeng¹ maau⁴ toen⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sêng¹ mao⁴ tên⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ maːu̯²¹ tʰɵn¹³/

Idiom

自相矛盾

1. self-contradictory; paradoxical; to contradict oneself