小巫見大巫

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	witch; Malay	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	witch; Malay
trad. (小巫見大巫)		小	巫	見	大	巫
simp. (小巫见大巫)		小	巫	见	大	巫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎowújiàndàwú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² mou⁴ gin³ daai⁶ mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎowújiàndàwú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎowújiàndàwú
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-wu²-chien⁴-ta⁴-wu²
    • Yale: syǎu-wú-jyàn-dà-wú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauwujianndahwu
    • Palladius: сяо’уцзяньдау (sjao’uczjanʹdau)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ u³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² mou⁴ gin³ daai⁶ mou⁴
    • Yale: síu mòuh gin daaih mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² mou⁴ gin³ daai⁶ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² mou⁴ gin³ dai⁶ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mou̯²¹ kiːn³³ taːi̯²² mou̯²¹/

Idiom

小巫見大巫

1. to pale in comparison