取暖

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	warm; toasty
trad. (取暖)		取	暖
simp. #(取暖)		取	暖
alternative forms		取煖／取暖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔnuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² nyun⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cu² luang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔnuǎn [Phonetic: qúnuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔnuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-nuan³
    • Yale: chyǔ-nwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheunoan
    • Palladius: цюйнуань (cjujnuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi² nyun⁵
    • Yale: chéui nyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² nyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu² nün⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ nyːn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu² luang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshú luáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵²⁻³⁵ luaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

取暖

1. to warm oneself up; to keep warm

   • 留在汽車裡取暖　應該怎麼規勸　怎麼可以將手腕忍痛劃損 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     留在汽车里取暖　应该怎么规劝　怎么可以将手腕忍痛划损 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2006, 陳奕迅 (lyrics 林夕), 《富士山下》

     lau⁴ zoi⁶ hei³ ce¹ leoi⁵ ceoi² nyun⁵, jing¹ goi¹ zam² mo¹ kwai¹ hyun³, zam² mo¹ ho² ji⁵ zoeng¹ sau² wun² jan² tung³ waak⁶ syun² [Jyutping]

     While we were sitting in the car to keep ourselves warm,
     What can I tell you to make you understand?
     How could you have endured the pain and had your wrist wounded?

Derived terms

• 取暖器 (qǔnuǎnqì)
• 圍爐取暖／围炉取暖