貪小便宜

Chinese

		greedy	petty advantage; petty benefit; small gains
trad. (貪小便宜)		貪	小便宜
simp. (贪小便宜)		贪	小便宜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tānxiǎopiányi, tānxiǎopiányí

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2, taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānxiǎopiányi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tansiǎopiányi̊
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-hsiao³-pʻien²-i⁵
    • Yale: tān-syǎu-pyán-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tansheaupyan.i
    • Palladius: таньсяопяньи (tanʹsjaopjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānxiǎopiányí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tansiǎopiányí
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-hsiao³-pʻien²-i²
    • Yale: tān-syǎu-pyán-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tansheaupyanyi
    • Palladius: таньсяопяньи (tanʹsjaopjanʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2, taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: tāam síu pìhn yí, tāam síu pìhn yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2, taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ xiu² pin⁴ yi^4-2, tam¹ xiu² pin⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/, /tʰaːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/

Idiom

貪小便宜

1. to be keen on gaining petty advantages