螞蟻搬家

Chinese

		ant	to move house; to move to a new home; to move to move house; to move to a new home; to move; to relocate
trad. (螞蟻搬家)		螞蟻	搬家
simp. (蚂蚁搬家)		蚂蚁	搬家
Literally: “ant moving house”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎyǐ bānjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˇ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ ngai⁵ bun¹ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎyǐ bānjiā [Phonetic: máyǐbānjiā]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄧˇ ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎyǐ banjia
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-i³ pan¹-chia¹
    • Yale: mǎ-yǐ bān-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maayii banjia
    • Palladius: маи баньцзя (mai banʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ ngai⁵ bun¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: máh ngáih būn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ ngai⁵ bun¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ ngei⁵ bun¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ ŋɐi̯¹³ puːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Verb

螞蟻搬家

1. to accomplish something by doing it multiple times in small amount