自尋煩惱

简 自寻烦恼 · 繁 自尋煩惱
Mandarin · pinyin zì xún fán nǎo

Meanings

  1. to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

自
zì · self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
尋
Look up this written character
煩
Look up this written character
惱
Look up this written character
寻
xún · seek, search, look for; ancient
烦
fán · bother, vex, trouble; troublesome
恼
nǎo · angered, filled with hate
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–2–3 · zi4 xun2 fan2 nao3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi6 cam4 faan4 nou5

Cantonese word readings for 自尋煩惱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

zi6 cam4 faan4 nou5

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.