"添磚加瓦" meaning in Chinese

See 添磚加瓦 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/ Chinese transliterations: tiānzhuānjiāwǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tiānzhuānjiāwǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], tianjhuanjiawǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tʻien¹-chuan¹-chia¹-wa³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tyān-jwān-jyā-wǎ [Mandarin, Yale], tianjuanjiawoa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], тяньчжуаньцзява [Mandarin, Palladius], tjanʹčžuanʹczjava [Mandarin, Palladius], tīm jyūn gā ngáh [Cantonese, Yale], tim¹ dzyn¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tim¹ jun¹ ga¹ nga⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 添砖加瓦
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 添磚加瓦
  1. to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit Tags: idiomatic
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "添砖加瓦",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "添磚加瓦",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit"
      ],
      "id": "en-添磚加瓦-zh-phrase-NwwrJgMt",
      "links": [
        [
          "contribute",
          "contribute"
        ],
        [
          "meagerly",
          "meagerly"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānzhuānjiāwǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānzhuānjiāwǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjhuanjiawǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-chuan¹-chia¹-wa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān-jwān-jyā-wǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjuanjiawoa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тяньчжуаньцзява"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹčžuanʹczjava"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tīm jyūn gā ngáh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tim¹ dzyn¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tim¹ jun¹ ga¹ nga⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "添磚加瓦"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "添砖加瓦",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "添磚加瓦",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 加",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 添",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 瓦",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 磚",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contribute meagerly to a cause; to do one's bit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contribute",
          "contribute"
        ],
        [
          "meagerly",
          "meagerly"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānzhuānjiāwǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄨㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tim¹ zyun¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānzhuānjiāwǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjhuanjiawǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-chuan¹-chia¹-wa³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān-jwān-jyā-wǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjuanjiawoa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тяньчжуаньцзява"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹčžuanʹczjava"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tīm jyūn gā ngáh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tim¹ dzyn¹ gaa¹ ngaa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tim¹ jun¹ ga¹ nga⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːm⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ ŋaː¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "添磚加瓦"
}

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