問長問短

See also: 问长问短

Chinese

		to ask	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	to ask	lack; short
trad. (問長問短)		問	長	問	短
simp. (问长问短)		问	长	问	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wènchángwènduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ coeng⁴ man⁶ dyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mn̄g-tn̂g-mn̄g-té

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènchángwènduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnchángwùnduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-chʻang²-wên⁴-tuan³
    • Yale: wèn-cháng-wèn-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenncharngwenndoan
    • Palladius: вэньчанвэньдуань (vɛnʹčanvɛnʹduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ wən⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ coeng⁴ man⁶ dyun²
    • Yale: mahn chèuhng mahn dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ tsoeng⁴ man⁶ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ cêng⁴ men⁶ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ mɐn²² tyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-tn̂g-mn̄g-té
    • Tâi-lô: mn̄g-tn̂g-mn̄g-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mngxd'ngmngxdea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² te⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/

Idiom

問長問短

1. to ask about the length and breadth of various things; to ask all sorts of (trivial) questions