矮仔多計
Chinese
| short person; small person | many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan | ||
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| trad. (矮仔多計) | 矮仔 | 多 | 計 | |
| simp. (矮仔多计) | 矮仔 | 多 | 计 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ai2 zai2 do1 gai3-2
- Yale: ái jái dō gái
- Cantonese Pinyin: ai2 dzai2 do1 gai3-2
- Guangdong Romanization: ei2 zei2 do1 gei3-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
矮仔多計
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 矮子矮，一肚子拐 (“A short person has many tricks.”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 矮子矮，一肚子拐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 矮子矮，一肚子拐 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 矮仔多計 |
| Hong Kong | 矮仔多計 | |
| Dongguan | 矮仔多計 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 矮仔多心事 |
| Xingning | 矮仔多拐 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 矮人多計 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 矮人多心事 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 矮人多心事 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 矮人多心事 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 矮人多心事 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 矮人多心事 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 矮人多恨 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 矮儂厚行 |
| Quanzhou | 矮儂厚行 | |
| Zhangzhou | 矮儂厚行 | |
| Tainan | 矮儂厚行 | |
| Jieyang | 矮囝㩼心事 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 矮子肚裡疙瘩多 |