雪中送炭

Chinese

		snow	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); 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
simp. and trad. (雪中送炭)		雪	中	送	炭
Literally: “to deliver coal to someone on a snowy day”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuězhōngsòngtàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ zung¹ sung³ taan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siet-chûng-sung-than
Min Nan (POJ): soat-tiong-sàng-thòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuězhōngsòngtàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuejongsonqtann
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syut³ zung¹ sung³ taan³
  - Yale: syut jūng sung taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ dzung¹ sung³ taan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xud³ zung¹ sung³ tan³
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːt̚³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sʊŋ³³ tʰɑːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet-chûng-sung-than
  - Hakka Romanization System: xied` zung´ sung tan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiad⁵ zung¹ sung⁴ tan⁴
  - IPA: /ɕi̯et̚² t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ suŋ⁵⁵ tʰan⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

to help someone in their hour of need

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