烘托

Chinese

		bake; heat by fire	to hold in one's hand; to entrust; to support in one's palm
trad. (烘托)		烘	托
simp. #(烘托)		烘	托

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōngtuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ tok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-thok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōngtuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hongtuo
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹-tʻo¹
    • Yale: hūng-twō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hongtuo
    • Palladius: хунто (xunto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ tok³
    • Yale: hūng tok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ tog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-thok
    • Tâi-lô: hong-thok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongtog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔk̚³²/

Verb

烘托

1. to set off by shading (in painting)
2. (figurative) to set off

Synonyms

• ((figurative) to set off):

• 伴彈／伴弹 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 烘 (hōng) (figurative)
• 襯托／衬托 (chèntuō)
• 陪襯／陪衬 (péichèn)