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

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

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

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