雪藏

Chinese

		snow	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate
trad. (雪藏)		雪	藏
simp. #(雪藏)		雪	藏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuěcáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄘㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syut³ cong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěcáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄘㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěcáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-tsʻang²
    • Yale: sywě-tsáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuetsarng
    • Palladius: сюэцан (sjuecan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syut³ cong⁴
    • Yale: syut chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syt⁸ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xud³ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/

Verb

雪藏

1. (Cantonese) to refrigerate; to keep cold
2. (Cantonese, figurative) to relegate to limbo; to give (someone) the cold shoulder
3. (figurative) to set aside; to shelve

   雪藏牌 [Cantonese]  ―  syut³ cong⁴ paai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  person who has obtained driving license but abandoned driving for a long time

4. (figurative) to intentionally withhold; to hide (one's true capabilities)