添磚加瓦

Chinese

		to add; to increase; to replenish	brick	to add; plus	tile
trad. (添磚加瓦)		添	磚	加	瓦
simp. (添砖加瓦)		添	砖	加	瓦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhuānjiāwǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhuānjiāwǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhuanjiawǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chuan¹-chia¹-wa³
    • Yale: tyān-jwān-jyā-wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjuanjiawoa
    • Palladius: тяньчжуаньцзява (tjanʹčžuanʹczjava)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵
    • Yale: tīm jyūn gā ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim¹ dzyn¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim¹ jun¹ ga¹ nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/

Idiom

添磚加瓦

1. to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit