乍暖還寒

Chinese

		for the first time; suddenly	warm; toasty	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet	cold; poor; to tremble
trad. (乍暖還寒)		乍	暖	還	寒
simp. (乍暖还寒)		乍	暖	还	寒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhànuǎnhuánhán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa³ nyun⁵ waan⁴ hon⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhànuǎnhuánhán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhànuǎnhuánhán
    • Wade–Giles: cha⁴-nuan³-huan²-han²
    • Yale: jà-nwǎn-hwán-hán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jahnoanhwanharn
    • Palladius: чжануаньхуаньхань (čžanuanʹxuanʹxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ xän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaa³ nyun⁵ waan⁴ hon⁴
    • Yale: ja nyúhn wàahn hòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa³ nyn⁵ waan⁴ hon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: za³ nün⁵ wan⁴ hon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː³³ nyːn¹³ waːn²¹ hɔːn²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: dzraeH nwanX hwaen han

Rime
Character	乍	暖	還	寒
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	泥 (8)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	桓 (62)	刪 (70)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	I	II	I
Fanqie	鋤駕切	乃管切	戸關切	胡安切
Baxter	dzraeH	nwanX	hwaen	han
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠaH/	/nuɑnX/	/ɦˠuan/	/ɦɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚaH/	/nʷɑnX/	/ɦʷᵚan/	/ɦɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒaH/	/nuɑnX/	/ɣuɐn/	/ɣɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐaɨH/	/nwanX/	/ɦwaɨn/	/ɦan/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒaH/	/nuɑnX/	/ɣuan/	/ɣɑn/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒaH/	/nuɑnX/	/ɣwan/	/ɣɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱaH/	/nuɑnX/	/ɣwan/	/ɣɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhà	nuǎn	huán	hán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaa6	nyun5	waan4	hon4

Idiom

乍暖還寒

1. (of weather) with temperatures fluctuating between warm and cold

   • 乍暖還寒時候，最難將息。 [Ci, trad.]
     乍暖还寒时候，最难将息。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: Song Dynasty, Li Qingzhao, 《聲聲慢》

     Zhànuǎnháihán shíhòu, zuì nán jiāngxī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)