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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎizi ǎi, yīdùzi guǎi [Phonetic: ǎizi ǎi, yídùzi guǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄞˇ , ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎizi̊h ǎi, yidùzi̊h guǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai³-tzŭ⁵ ai³, i¹-tu⁴-tzŭ⁵ kuai³
    • Yale: ǎi-dz ǎi-, yī-dù-dz gwǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae.tzy ae, iduh.tzy goai
    • Palladius: айцзы ай, идуцзы гуай (ajczy aj, iduczy guaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	矮子矮，一肚子拐
Southwestern Mandarin	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
	Xingning	矮仔多拐
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	矮人多計
	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
Southern Min	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
Wu	Shanghai	矮子肚裡疙瘩多