矮子矮，一肚子拐

矮子矮，一肚子拐

Chinese

		short person; dwarf	short (not tall)		a large amount of; a great deal of; a lot of	kidnap; to turn
trad. (矮子矮，一肚子拐)		矮子	矮	，	一肚子	拐
simp. #(矮子矮，一肚子拐)		矮子	矮	，	一肚子	拐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎizi ǎi, yīdùzi guǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄞˇ, ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: ǎizi ǎi, yīdùzi guǎi [Phonetic: ǎizi ǎi, yídùzi guǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄞˇ, ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae.tzy ae, iduh.tzy goai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎizi̊h ǎi, yidùzi̊h guǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai3-tzŭ5 ai3- i1-tu4-tzŭ5 kuai3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ kwaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

矮子矮，一肚子拐

1. 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
Mandarin	Taiwan	矮子矮，一肚子拐
	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
	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
Min Nan	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