雪中送炭

Chinese

		snow	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send	charcoal
trad. (雪中送炭)		雪	中	送	炭
simp. #(雪中送炭)		雪	中	送	炭
Literally: “to deliver coal to someone on a snowy day”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuězhōngsòngtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ zung¹ sung³ taan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siet-chûng-sung-than
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soat-tiong-sàng-thòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuězhōngsòngtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuějhongsòngtàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-chung¹-sung⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: sywě-jūng-sùng-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejongsonqtann
    • Palladius: сюэчжунсунтань (sjuečžunsuntanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ zung¹ sung³ taan³
    • Yale: syut jūng sung taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ dzung¹ sung³ taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ zung¹ sung³ tan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ³³ tʰaːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet-chûng-sung-than
    • Hakka Romanization System: xied^ˋ zung^ˊ sung tan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiad⁵ zung¹ sung⁴ tan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯et̚² t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ suŋ⁵⁵ tʰan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soat-tiong-sàng-thòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suat-tiong-sàng-thuànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soatdiongsarngtvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³ saŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suat̚³²⁻⁵ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² saŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰuã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ saŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰuã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ saŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰuã²¹/

Idiom

雪中送炭

1. to help someone in their hour of need