大大小小

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (大大小小)		大	大	小	小
AABB-type reduplication of 大小 (dàxiǎo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdàxiǎoxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ daai⁶ siu² siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdàxiǎoxiǎo [Phonetic: dàdàxiáoxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdàsiǎosiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ta⁴-hsiao³-hsiao³
    • Yale: dà-dà-syǎu-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdahsheausheau
    • Palladius: дадасяосяо (dadasjaosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ daai⁶ siu² siu²
    • Yale: daaih daaih síu síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ daai⁶ siu² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dai⁶ xiu² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² taːi̯²² siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Adjective

大大小小

1. large and small; of all sizes