不大不小

Chinese

		not; no	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not; no	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (不大不小)		不	大	不	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùdàbùxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ daai⁶ bat¹ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùdàbùxiǎo [Phonetic: búdàbùxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùdàbùsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³
    • Yale: bù-dà-bù-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: budahbusheau
    • Palladius: будабусяо (budabusjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ daai⁶ bat¹ siu²
    • Yale: bāt daaih bāt síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ daai⁶ bat⁷ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ dai⁶ bed¹ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

不大不小

1. neither too big nor too small