眼大肚子小

Chinese

		eye	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	abdomen; belly; stomach abdomen; belly; stomach; heart; gut; innermost being	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (眼大肚子小)		眼	大	肚子	小
simp. #(眼大肚子小)		眼	大	肚子	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn dà dùzi xiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tou⁵ zi² siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn dà dùzi xiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn dà dùzi̊h siǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yen³ ta⁴ tu⁴-tzŭ⁵ hsiao³
    • Yale: yǎn dà dù-dz syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean dah duh.tzy sheau
    • Palladius: янь да дуцзы сяо (janʹ da duczy sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tou⁵ zi² siu²
    • Yale: ngáahn daaih tóuh jí síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tou⁵ dzi² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ dai⁶ tou⁵ ji² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ taːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Phrase

眼大肚子小

1. (idiomatic) to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to take more food than one can eat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼大肚子小 (“to have eyes bigger than one's stomach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼大肚子小
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼闊肚窄
	Hong Kong	眼闊肚窄, 眼大肚窄
Hakka	Meixian	眼闊肚狹
Southern Min	Shantou	目大肚細