# 自裁
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìcái
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄘㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$ coi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìcái
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄘㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhcái
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-tsʻai$^2$
*** Yale: dz̀-tsái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtsair
*** Palladius: цзыцай (czycaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ coi$^4$
*** Yale: jih chòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ tsoi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ coi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dzijH dzoj
Rime :
| Character | 自 | 裁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 疾二切 | 昨哉切 |
| Baxter | dzijH | dzoj |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziɪ$^H$/ | /d͡zʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /d͡zəi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjɪ$^H$/ | /d͡zɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /d͡zəj/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /d͡zᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zi$^H$/ | /d͡zɒi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi$^H$/ | /d͡zʱɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zì | cái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^6$ | coi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s [dz]ˤə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids zlɯː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 自 | 裁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zì | cái |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzij$^H$ › | ‹ dzoj › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.[b]i[t]-s/ | /*[dz]ˁə/ |
| English | self (adv.) | cut out clothes |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 自 | 裁 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 17879 | 16498 |
| Phonetic component | 自 |  |
| Rime group | 至 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 自 | 裁 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljids/ | /*zlɯː/ |

### Verb

自裁
* (literary) to commit suicide; to kill oneself; to take one's own life
* (Classical) to make one's own decision

#### Synonyms

* (to commit suicide):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 自決, 自引 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 尋短, 尋短見, 自尋短見, 輕生 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 自殺, 尋短兒, 尋拙志 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 自殺, 尋死, 尋短見, 自尋短見 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 自殺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 自殺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 尋死 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 尋短見, 尋死 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 自殺, 尋短見 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 自殺, 自盡, 尋無常, 尋短, 尋死 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 自殺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 自殺, 尋短見 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 自殺, 自盡, 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 自殺, 自盡, 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 自盡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尋死 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尋短見 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 自盡 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 自縊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 自殺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 自殺 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 自殺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 尋死 |
| Jin | Linhe | 自殺 |
| Jin | Jining | 自殺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 自殺 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 自殺 |
| Jin | Handan | 自殺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 行短路, 自殺, 自盡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 行短路 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 自殺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 自殺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 自盡 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 自盡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 尋短見 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 自殺, 尋死路, 尋死, 尋短見 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 自家尋死 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋死路, 自殺 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 自盡, 尋死 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋死 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 自殺 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 自殺自, 自殺, 尋死, 尋死短見, 尋頭路 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尋短路 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 尋路, 尋短 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 自殺 |