因加得減

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	to add; plus	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
trad. (因加得減)		因	加	得	減
simp. (因加得减)		因	加	得	减

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ gaa¹ dak¹ gaam²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ gaa¹ dak¹ gaam²
    • Yale: yān gā dāk gáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ gaa¹ dak⁷ gaam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ ga¹ deg¹ gam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kaːm³⁵/

Idiom

因加得減

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) to be penny wise and pound foolish