缺斤少兩

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (缺斤少兩)		缺	斤	少	兩
simp. (缺斤少两)		缺	斤	少	两

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quējīnshǎoliǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝㄐㄧㄣㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ gan¹ siu² loeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quējīnshǎoliǎng [Phonetic: quējīnsháoliǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝㄐㄧㄣㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuejinshǎoliǎng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-chin¹-shao³-liang³
  - Yale: chywē-jīn-shǎu-lyǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuejinshaoleang
  - Palladius: цюэцзиньшаолян (cjueczinʹšaoljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kyut³ gan¹ siu² loeng⁵
  - Yale: kyut gān síu léuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ gan¹ siu² loeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: küd³ gen¹ xiu² lêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ lœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

缺斤少兩

to give short weight

Synonyms

缺斤短兩／缺斤短两 (quējīnduǎnliǎng)
短斤缺兩／短斤缺两
(Hokkien) 食秤頭／食秤头

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