自討苦吃

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
trad. (自討苦吃)		自	討	苦	吃
simp. (自讨苦吃)		自	讨	苦	吃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìtǎokǔchī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ tou² fu² hek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìtǎokǔchī [Phonetic: zìtáokǔchī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhtǎokǔchih
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tʻao³-kʻu³-chʻih¹
    • Yale: dz̀-tǎu-kǔ-chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtaokuuchy
    • Palladius: цзытаокучи (czytaokuči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ tou² fu² hek³
    • Yale: jih tóu fú hek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tou² fu² hek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ tou² fu² hég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tʰou̯³⁵ fuː³⁵ hɛːk̚³/

Idiom

自討苦吃

1. to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 攞苦嚟辛／𫽋苦嚟辛
• (Hokkien) 討皮疼／讨皮疼