問寒問暖

See also: 问寒问暖

Chinese

		to ask	cold; poor; to tremble	to ask	warm; toasty
trad. (問寒問暖)		問	寒	問	暖
simp. (问寒问暖)		问	寒	问	暖
Literally: “to ask (if) cold, to ask (if) warm”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènhánwènnuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ hon⁴ man⁶ nyun⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènhánwènnuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnhánwùnnuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-han²-wên⁴-nuan³
    • Yale: wèn-hán-wèn-nwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennharnwennnoan
    • Palladius: вэньханьвэньнуань (vɛnʹxanʹvɛnʹnuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ xän³⁵ wən⁵¹ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ hon⁴ man⁶ nyun⁵
    • Yale: mahn hòhn mahn nyúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ hon⁴ man⁶ nyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ hon⁴ men⁶ nün⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² hɔːn²¹ mɐn²² nyːn¹³/

Idiom

問寒問暖

1. to show concern for someone's welfare; to enquire about someone's well-being