小肚雞腸

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	belly; tripe	fowl; chicken	intestines
trad. (小肚雞腸/小肚鷄腸)		小	肚	雞/鷄	腸
simp. (小肚鸡肠)		小	肚	鸡	肠
Literally: “small belly, chicken's gut”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎodùjīcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² tou⁵ gai¹ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodùjīcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodùjicháng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tu⁴-chi¹-chʻang²
    • Yale: syǎu-dù-jī-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauduhjicharng
    • Palladius: сяодуцзичан (sjaoduczičan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodùjīchángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodùjichángr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tu⁴-chi¹-chʻang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-dù-jī-chángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauduhjicharngl
    • Palladius: сяодуцзичанр (sjaoduczičanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² tou⁵ gai¹ coeng⁴
    • Yale: síu tóuh gāi chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tou⁵ gai¹ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² tou⁵ gei¹ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tʰou̯¹³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

小肚雞腸

1. (figurative, of a person) narrow-minded; small-minded; petty

Synonyms

• 鼠肚雞腸／鼠肚鸡肠
• (Shantou Teochew) 雞腸麻雀肚／鸡肠麻雀肚