自作多情

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make	affectionate; passionate; emotional affectionate; passionate; emotional; polyamorous
trad. (自作多情)		自	作	多情
simp. #(自作多情)		自	作	多情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzuòduōqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zok³ do¹ cing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-chok-to-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzuòduōqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhzuòduocíng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tso⁴-to¹-chʻing²
    • Yale: dz̀-dzwò-dwō-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtzuohduochyng
    • Palladius: цзыцзодоцин (czyczodocin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zok³ do¹ cing⁴
    • Yale: jih jok dō chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzok⁸ do¹ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ zog³ do¹ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡sɔːk̚³ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-chok-to-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tsok-to-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxzokdoizeeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ to⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/

Idiom

自作多情

1. to display affection regardless of whether the other party accepts it; to imagine that one's affection is reciprocated
2. (in general) to indulge in one's own wishful thinking; to flatter oneself

See also

• 一廂情願／一厢情愿 (yīxiāngqíngyuàn)