小便宜

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	cheap; inexpensive; to let somebody off lightly
simp. and trad. (小便宜)		小	便宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎopiányi, xiǎopiányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2 / siu² pin⁴ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎopiányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎopiányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaupyan.i
    • Palladius: сяопяньи (sjaopjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎopiányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎopiányí
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-pʻien²-i²
    • Yale: syǎu-pyán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaupyanyi
    • Palladius: сяопяньи (sjaopjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2 / siu² pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: síu pìhn yí / síu pìhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2 / siu² pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² pin⁴ yi^4-2 / xiu² pin⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/, /siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/

Noun

小便宜

1. petty advantage; petty benefit; small gains

Derived terms

• 貪小便宜／贪小便宜