短小精悍

Chinese

		short and small	shrewd and valiant; able and efficient; pithy and poignant
trad. (短小精悍)		短小	精悍
simp. #(短小精悍)		短小	精悍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎnxiǎo jīnghàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² siu² zing¹ hon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnxiǎo jīnghàn [Phonetic: duánxiǎojīnghàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnsiǎo jinghàn
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-hsiao³ ching¹-han⁴
    • Yale: dwǎn-syǎu jīng-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doansheau jinghann
    • Palladius: дуаньсяо цзинхань (duanʹsjao czinxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² siu² zing¹ hon⁶
    • Yale: dyún síu jīng hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² siu² dzing¹ hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² xiu² jing¹ hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn²²/

Idiom

短小精悍

1. not imposing but strong and capable (of a man)
2. short and pithy; terse and forceful (of a piece of writing)

Synonyms

• (not imposing but strong and capable): (Hokkien) 武腯, 武身