缺斤短兩

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg	lack; short	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (缺斤短兩)		缺	斤	短	兩
simp. (缺斤短两)		缺	斤	短	两

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quējīnduǎnliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ gan¹ dyun² loeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quējīnduǎnliǎng [Phonetic: quējīnduánliǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuejinduǎnliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-chin¹-tuan³-liang³
    • Yale: chywē-jīn-dwǎn-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuejindoanleang
    • Palladius: цюэцзиньдуаньлян (cjueczinʹduanʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ gan¹ dyun² loeng⁵
    • Yale: kyut gān dyún léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ gan¹ dyn² loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ gen¹ dün² lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ kɐn⁵⁵ tyːn³⁵ lœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

缺斤短兩

1. to give short weight

Synonyms

• 缺斤少兩／缺斤少两 (quējīnshǎoliǎng)
• 短斤缺兩／短斤缺两
• (Hokkien) 食秤頭／食秤头