添磚加瓦

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)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānzhuānjiāwǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄓㄨㄢㄐㄧㄚㄨㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjuanjiawoa
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhuanjiawǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂwän⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 t͡ʃyːn⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵ ŋäː¹³/

Idiom

添磚加瓦

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

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