沒大沒小

沒大沒小

Chinese

		have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	have not; drowned; to end have not; drowned; to end; to die; to inundate	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (沒大沒小)		沒	大	沒	小
simp. (没大没小)		没	大	没	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méidàméixiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ daai⁶ mut⁶ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: méidàméixiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meidahmeisheau
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ daai⁶ mut⁶ siu²
    • Yale: muht daaih muht síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ daai⁶ mut⁹ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ dai⁶ mud⁶ xiu²
    • IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² täːi̯²² muːt̚² siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

沒大沒小

1. to have no sense of who is senior and who is junior; to show no respect to elders

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 冇大冇細／冇大冇细
• (Hakka, Min Dong, Min Nan) 無大無細／无大无细
• (Min Bei) 無大無小／无大无小

See also

• 目無尊長／目无尊长 (mùwúzūnzhǎng)