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

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

to self-immolate
(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

self-immolation