多多少少

多多少少

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (多多少少)		多	多	少	少
AABB-type reduplication of 多少 (duōshao)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōduōshǎoshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ do¹ siu² siu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tô-tô-séu-séu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: duōduōshǎoshǎo [Phonetic: duōduōsháoshǎo] → duōduoshǎoshǎo (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ → ㄉㄨㄛ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ (toneless variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo.duoshaoshao
    • IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ d̥u̯ɔ² ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ do¹ siu² siu²
    • Yale: dō dō síu síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ do¹ siu² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ do¹ xiu² xiu²
    • IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-tô-séu-séu
    • Hakka Romanization System: do´ do´ seu` seu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ do¹ seu³ seu³
    • IPA: /to²⁴⁻¹¹ to²⁴ seu̯³¹ seu̯³¹/

Adverb

多多少少

1. more or less