一鱗半爪

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	scales (of fish)	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	claw
trad. (一鱗半爪)		一	鱗	半	爪
simp. (一鳞半爪)		一	鳞	半	爪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīlínbànzhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄓㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ leon⁴ bun³ zaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīlínbànzhǎo [Phonetic: yìlínbànzhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄓㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yilínbànjhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-lin²-pan⁴-chao³
    • Yale: yī-lín-bàn-jǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ilinbannjao
    • Palladius: илиньбаньчжао (ilinʹbanʹčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ lin³⁵ pän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ leon⁴ bun³ zaau²
    • Yale: yāt lèuhn bun jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ loen⁴ bun³ dzaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ lên⁴ bun³ zao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɵn²¹ puːn³³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

一鱗半爪

1. (figuratively) fragments; odd bits

Synonyms

• 一鱗一爪／一鳞一爪