See also: 患难见真情
Chinese[edit]
adversities; troubles; dangersadversities; troubles; dangers; to suffer hardship; to experience adversities
to see; to meet; to appearto see; to meet; to appear; to interview
real or true situation; facts; actual state of affairsreal or true situation; facts; actual state of affairs; truth
trad. (患難見真情/患難見眞情)
患難
見
真情/眞情
simp. (患难见真情)
患难
见
真情
Literally: “Adversity allows one to see the true feelings of others.”
Pronunciation[edit]
Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng
(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan6 naan6 gin3 zan1 cing4
Mandarin
(Standard Chinese)+
Hanyu Pinyin: huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng
Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄣ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Tongyong Pinyin: huànnàn jiàn jhencíng
Wade–Giles: huan4-nan4 chien4 chên1-chʻing2
Yale: hwàn-nàn jyàn jēn-chíng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannnann jiann jenchyng
Palladius: хуаньнань цзянь чжэньцин (xuanʹnanʹ czjanʹ čžɛnʹcin)
Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Jyutping: waan6 naan6 gin3 zan1 cing4
Yale: waahn naahn gin jān chìhng
Cantonese Pinyin: waan6 naan6 gin3 dzan1 tsing4
Guangdong Romanization: wan6 nan6 gin3 zen1 qing4
Sinological IPA (key): /waːn²² naːn²² kiːn³³ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
Proverb[edit]
患難見真情
a friend in need is a friend indeed
Synonyms[edit]
患難見真心／患难见真心 (“one's true heart will be seen in disasters”)