小貓兩三隻

Chinese

		kitten	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	three	(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
trad. (小貓兩三隻)		小貓	兩	三	隻
simp. (小猫兩三只)		小猫	兩	三	只
Literally: “two or three kittens”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomāoliǎngsānzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄙㄢ ㄓˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomāoliǎngsānzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄠ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄙㄢ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomaoliǎngsanjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mao¹-liang³-san¹-chih³
    • Yale: syǎu-māu-lyǎng-sān-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumhauleangsanjyy
    • Palladius: сяомаолянсаньчжи (sjaomaoljansanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

小貓兩三隻

1. a few people