不寒而慄

Chinese

		not; no	cold; poor; to tremble	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	afraid; trembling
trad. (不寒而慄)		不	寒	而	慄
simp. (不寒而栗)		不	寒	而	栗
Literally: “shiver but not cold”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùhán'érlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ hon⁴ ji⁴ leot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùhán'érlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùhán-érlì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-han²-êrh²-li⁴
    • Yale: bù-hán-ér-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buharnerllih
    • Palladius: буханьэрли (buxanʹerli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ xän³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ hon⁴ ji⁴ leot⁶
    • Yale: bāt hòhn yìh leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ hon⁴ ji⁴ loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ hon⁴ yi⁴ lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔːn²¹ jiː²¹ lɵt̚²/

Idiom

不寒而慄

1. to tremble with fear; to shudder; to shiver all over despite not being cold