矮仔多計

Chinese

		short person; small person	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (矮仔多計)		矮仔	多	計
simp. (矮仔多计)		矮仔	多	计

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² zai² do¹ gai^3-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai² zai² do¹ gai^3-2
    • Yale: ái jái dō gái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai² dzai² do¹ gai^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei² zei² do¹ gei^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³⁻³⁵/

Proverb

矮仔多計

1. (Cantonese) a short person has many tricks, ideas, etc.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 矮子矮，一肚子拐 (“A short person has many tricks.”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	矮子矮，一肚子拐
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	矮子矮，一肚子拐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	矮仔多計
	Hong Kong	矮仔多計
	Dongguan	矮仔多計
Hakka	Meixian	矮仔多心事
	Xingning	矮仔多拐
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	矮人多計
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	矮人多心事
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	矮人多心事
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	矮人多心事
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	矮人多心事
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	矮人多心事
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	矮人多恨
Southern Min	Xiamen	矮儂厚行
	Quanzhou	矮儂厚行
	Zhangzhou	矮儂厚行
	Tainan	矮儂厚行
	Jieyang	矮囝㩼心事
Wu	Shanghai	矮子肚裡疙瘩多