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

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• 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

1. (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

• 歲寒三友／岁寒三友 (suìhánsānyǒu)
• 歲寒不凋／岁寒不凋
• 歲寒松柏／岁寒松柏