噓寒問暖

Chinese

		exhale; hiss	cold; poor; to tremble	to ask	warm; toasty
trad. (噓寒問暖)		噓	寒	問	暖
simp. (嘘寒问暖)		嘘	寒	问	暖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūhánwènnuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ hon⁴ man⁶ nyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūhánwènnuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuhánwùnnuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-han²-wên⁴-nuan³
    • Yale: syū-hán-wèn-nwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuharnwennnoan
    • Palladius: сюйханьвэньнуань (sjujxanʹvɛnʹnuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ xän³⁵ wən⁵¹ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi¹ hon⁴ man⁶ nyun⁵
    • Yale: hēui hòhn mahn nyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey¹ hon⁴ man⁶ nyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu¹ hon⁴ men⁶ nün⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹ mɐn²² nyːn¹³/

Idiom

噓寒問暖

1. to show concern for someone by asking about their lives