添磚加瓦
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Chinese
[edit]to add; to increase; to replenish | brick | to add; plus | tile | ||
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trad. (添磚加瓦) | 添 | 磚 | 加 | 瓦 | |
simp. (添砖加瓦) | 添 | 砖 | 加 | 瓦 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhuanjiawǎ
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-chuan1-chia1-wa3
- Yale: tyān-jwān-jyā-wǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjuanjiawoa
- Palladius: тяньчжуаньцзява (tjanʹčžuanʹczjava)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tim1 zyun1 gaa1 ngaa5
- Yale: tīm jyūn gā ngáh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tim1 dzyn1 gaa1 ngaa5
- Guangdong Romanization: tim1 jun1 ga1 nga5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]添磚加瓦
- to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit