添磚加瓦

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Chinese

		to add; to increase; to replenish	brick	to add; plus	tile
trad. (添磚加瓦)		添	磚	加	瓦
simp. (添砖加瓦)		添	砖	加	瓦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānzhuānjiāwǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨㄢㄐㄧㄚㄨㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhuānjiāwǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨㄢㄐㄧㄚㄨㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhuanjiawǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chuan¹-chia¹-wa³
  - Yale: tyān-jwān-jyā-wǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjuanjiawoa
  - Palladius: тяньчжуаньцзява (tjanʹčžuanʹczjava)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵
  - Yale: tīm jyūn gā ngáh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tim¹ dzyn¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tim¹ jun¹ ga¹ nga⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/

Idiom

添磚加瓦

to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit

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