缺斤少兩

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (缺斤少兩)		缺	斤	少	兩
simp. (缺斤少两)		缺	斤	少	两

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quējīnshǎoliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ gan¹ siu² loeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quējīnshǎoliǎng [Phonetic: quējīnsháoliǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuejinshǎoliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-chin¹-shao³-liang³
    • Yale: chywē-jīn-shǎu-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuejinshaoleang
    • Palladius: цюэцзиньшаолян (cjueczinʹšaoljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ gan¹ siu² loeng⁵
    • Yale: kyut gān síu léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ gan¹ siu² loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ gen¹ xiu² lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ lœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

缺斤少兩

1. to give short weight

Synonyms

• 缺斤短兩／缺斤短两 (quējīnduǎnliǎng)
• 短斤缺兩／短斤缺两
• (Hokkien) 食秤頭／食秤头