貪便宜

Chinese

		greedy	cheap; inexpensive; to let somebody off lightly
trad. (貪便宜)		貪	便宜
simp. (贪便宜)		贪	便宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tān piányi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ pin⁴ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tān piányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tan piányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹ pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: tān pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tan pyan.i
    • Palladius: тань пяньи (tanʹ pjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: tāam pìhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ pin⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/

Verb

貪⫽便宜 (verb-object)

1. to be anxious to get things on the cheap; to be keen on gaining petty advantages

   • 最後則是事實先生跑將出來，給這些空談家一瓢冷水，證明他們不過是一些貪便宜、想少費氣力多得收成的空談主義者。 [MSC, trad.]
     最后则是事实先生跑将出来，给这些空谈家一瓢冷水，证明他们不过是一些贪便宜、想少费气力多得收成的空谈主义者。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zuìhòu zé shì shìshí xiānsheng pǎo jiāng chūlai, gěi zhèxiē kōngtánjiā yī piáo lěngshuǐ, zhèngmíng tāmen bùguò shì yīxiē tān piányi, xiǎng shǎo fèi qìlì duō dé shōuchéng de kōngtánzhǔyìzhě. [Pinyin]

     In the end Mr. Reality will come and pour a bucket of cold water over these chatterers, showing them up as mere windbags who want to get things on the cheap, to have gains without pains.