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): ㄒㄩㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi¹ hon⁴ man⁶ nyun⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xūhánwènnuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuharnwennnoan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuhánwùnnuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsü¹-han²-wên⁴-nuan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ xän³⁵ wən⁵¹ nwän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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

to show concern for someone by asking about their lives

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