芝麻小事

Chinese

			trifle; trivial matter; minor thing
trad. (芝麻小事)		芝麻	小事
simp. #(芝麻小事)		芝麻	小事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīmaxiǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ maa⁴ siu² si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmaxiǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmåsiǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ma⁵-hsiao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-ma-syǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.masheaushyh
    • Palladius: чжимасяоши (čžimasjaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ maa⁴ siu² si⁶
    • Yale: jī màh síu sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ maa⁴ siu² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ma⁴ xiu² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹ siːu̯³⁵ siː²²/

Idiom

芝麻小事

1. trivial matter