自怨自艾

Chinese

		to blame oneself
trad. (自怨自艾)		自怨	自艾
simp. #(自怨自艾)		自怨	自艾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìyuànzìyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jyun³ zi⁶ ngaai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìyuànzìyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄩㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyuànzìhyì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-yüan⁴-tzŭ⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-ywàn-dz̀-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhyuanntzyhyih
    • Palladius: цзыюаньцзыи (czyjuanʹczyi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ jyun³ zi⁶ ngaai⁶
    • Yale: jih yun jih ngaaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jyn³ dzi⁶ ngaai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yun³ ji⁶ ngai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jyːn³³ t͡siː²² ŋaːi̯²²/

Idiom

自怨自艾

1. to be full of remorse and self-reproach