小肚雞腸

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	belly; tripe	fowl; chicken	intestines
trad. (小肚雞腸/小肚鷄腸)		小	肚	雞/鷄	腸
simp. (小肚鸡肠)		小	肚	鸡	肠
Literally: “small belly, chicken's gut”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎodùjīcháng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² tou⁵ gai¹ coeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodùjīcháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodùjicháng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tu⁴-chi¹-chʻang²
  - Yale: syǎu-dù-jī-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauduhjicharng
  - Palladius: сяодуцзичан (sjaoduczičan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodùjīchángr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄔㄤˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodùjichángr
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tu⁴-chi¹-chʻang²-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎu-dù-jī-chángr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauduhjicharngl
  - Palladius: сяодуцзичанр (sjaoduczičanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² tou⁵ gai¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: síu tóuh gāi chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tou⁵ gai¹ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² tou⁵ gei¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tʰou̯¹³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

小肚雞腸

(figurative, of a person) narrow-minded; small-minded; petty

Synonyms

鼠肚雞腸／鼠肚鸡肠
(Shantou Teochew) 雞腸麻雀肚／鸡肠麻雀肚

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