矮子矮，一肚子拐

Chinese

		short person; dwarf	short (not tall)		a large amount of; a great deal of; a lot of	kidnap; to turn
trad. (矮子矮，一肚子拐)		矮子	矮	，	一肚子	拐
simp. #(矮子矮，一肚子拐)		矮子	矮	，	一肚子	拐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎizi ǎi, yīdùzi guǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄞˇ , ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄞˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎizi ǎi, yīdùzi guǎi [Phonetic: ǎizi ǎi, yídùzi guǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄞˇ , ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄍㄨㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎizi̊h ǎi, yidùzi̊h guǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ai³-tzŭ⁵ ai³, i¹-tu⁴-tzŭ⁵ kuai³
    • Yale: ǎi-dz ǎi-, yī-dù-dz gwǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae.tzy ae, iduh.tzy goai
    • Palladius: айцзы ай, идуцзы гуай (ajczy aj, iduczy guaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

矮子矮，一肚子拐

1. 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