冰天雪地

Chinese

		ice	day; sky; heaven	snow	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (冰天雪地)		冰	天	雪	地
simp. #(冰天雪地)		冰	天	雪	地
Literally: “icy skies and snow(-covered) ground”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngtiānxuědì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ tin¹ syut³ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngtiānxuědì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingtiansyuědì
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-tʻien¹-hsüeh³-ti⁴
    • Yale: bīng-tyān-sywě-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingtiansheuedih
    • Palladius: бинтяньсюэди (bintjanʹsjuedi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ tin¹ syut³ dei⁶
    • Yale: bīng tīn syut deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ tin¹ syt⁸ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ tin¹ xud³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ syːt̚³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

冰天雪地

1. landscape covered in snow and ice; covered in snow and ice; extremely cold

   冬天的時候哈爾濱是冰天雪地。 [MSC, trad.]
   冬天的时候哈尔滨是冰天雪地。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dōngtiān de shíhòu Hā'ěrbīn shì bīngtiānxuědì. [Pinyin]

   During winter Harbin is a world of ice and snow.