矮仔多計

Chinese

		short person; small person	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (矮仔多計)		矮仔	多	計
simp. (矮仔多计)		矮仔	多	计

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² zai² do¹ gai^3-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai² zai² do¹ gai^3-2
    • Yale: ái jái dō gái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai² dzai² do¹ gai^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei² zei² do¹ gei^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³⁻³⁵/

Proverb

矮仔多計

1. (Cantonese) a short person has many tricks, ideas, etc.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 矮子矮，一肚子拐 (“A short person has many tricks.”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	矮子矮，一肚子拐
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	矮子矮，一肚子拐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	矮仔多計
	Hong Kong	矮仔多計
	Dongguan	矮仔多計
Hakka	Meixian	矮仔多心事
	Xingning	矮仔多拐
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	矮人多計
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	矮人多心事
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	矮人多心事
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	矮人多心事
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	矮人多心事
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	矮人多心事
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	矮人多恨
Southern Min	Xiamen	矮儂厚行
	Quanzhou	矮儂厚行
	Zhangzhou	矮儂厚行
	Tainan	矮儂厚行
	Jieyang	矮囝㩼心事
Wu	Shanghai	矮子肚裡疙瘩多