飲彈自盡

Chinese

		to be hit by a bullet; to commit suicide by shooting oneself in the back of the throat	to commit suicide; to kill oneself; to take one's own life
trad. (飲彈自盡)		飲彈	自盡
simp. (饮弹自尽)		饮弹	自尽
Literally: “to kill oneself by drinking the bullet”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐndànzìjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam² daan⁶ zi⁶ zeon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐndànzìjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄉㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐndànzìhjìn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-tan⁴-tzŭ⁴-chin⁴
    • Yale: yǐn-dàn-dz̀-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiindanntzyhjinn
    • Palladius: иньданьцзыцзинь (inʹdanʹczyczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam² daan⁶ zi⁶ zeon⁶
    • Yale: yám daahn jih jeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam² daan⁶ dzi⁶ dzoen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem² dan⁶ ji⁶ zên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm³⁵ taːn²² t͡siː²² t͡sɵn²²/

Idiom

飲彈自盡

1. to commit suicide by shooting oneself in the back of the throat