天寒地凍

天寒地凍

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	cold; poor; to tremble	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to freeze
trad. (天寒地凍)		天	寒	地	凍
simp. (天寒地冻)		天	寒	地	冻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānhándìdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hon⁴ dei⁶ dung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānhándìdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianharndihdonq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianhándìdòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ xän³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hon⁴ dei⁶ dung³
    • Yale: tīn hòhn deih dung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hon⁴ dei⁶ dung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ hon⁴ déi⁶ dung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹ tei̯²² tʊŋ³³/

Idiom

天寒地凍

1. to be very cold