麻雀雖小，五臟俱全

See also: 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全

Chinese

		sparrow, especially the tree sparrow	although; even though	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young		five internal organs	having or provided with everything
trad. (麻雀雖小，五臟俱全)		麻雀	雖	小	，	五臟	俱全
simp. (麻雀虽小，五脏俱全)		麻雀	虽	小	，	五脏	俱全
Literally: “A sparrow may be small, but it has all its vital organs.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máquè suī xiǎo, wǔzàng jùquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄨˇ ㄗㄤˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴ zoek³ seoi¹ siu², ng⁵ zong⁶ keoi¹ cyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máquè suī xiǎo, wǔzàng jùquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˇ , ㄨˇ ㄗㄤˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mácyuè suei siǎo, wǔzàng jyùcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: ma²-chʻüeh⁴ sui¹ hsiao³, wu³-tsang⁴ chü⁴-chʻüan²
    • Yale: má-chywè swēi syǎu-, wǔ-dzàng jyù-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: machiueh suei sheau, wuutzanq jiuhchyuan
    • Palladius: мацюэ суй сяо, уцзан цзюйцюань (macjue suj sjao, uczan czjujcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴ zoek³ seoi¹ siu², ng⁵ zong⁶ keoi¹ cyun⁴
    • Yale: màh jeuk sēui síu, ńgh johng kēui chyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴ dzoek⁸ soey¹ siu², ng⁵ dzong⁶ koey¹ tsyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴ zêg³ sêu¹ xiu², ng⁵ zong⁶ kêu¹ qun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ sɵy̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ ŋ̍¹³ t͡sɔːŋ²² kʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

Proverb

麻雀雖小，五臟俱全

1. It is small but fully equipped.