歲寒

See also: 岁寒

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	cold; poor; to tremble
trad. (歲寒)		歲	寒
simp. (岁寒)		岁	寒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suìhán

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ hon⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suìhán
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèihán
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴-han²
  - Yale: swèi-hán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueyharn
  - Palladius: суйхань (sujxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ xän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi³ hon⁴
  - Yale: seui hòhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ hon⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ hon⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ hɔːn²¹/

Noun

歲寒

(literary) the cold months; winter
- 歲寒，然後知松柏之後彫也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  岁寒，然后知松柏之后雕也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Suìhán, ránhòu zhī sōngbǎi zhī hòu diāo yě. [Pinyin]
  When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lose their leaves.

Derived terms

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