眼大肚子小

Chinese

		eye	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	abdomen; belly; stomach abdomen; belly; stomach; heart; gut; innermost being	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (眼大肚子小)		眼	大	肚子	小
simp. ^#(眼大肚子小)		眼	大	肚子	小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn dà dùzi xiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tou⁵ zi² siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn dà dùzi xiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn dà dùzi̊h siǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yen³ ta⁴ tu⁴-tzŭ⁵ hsiao³
  - Yale: yǎn dà dù-dz syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean dah duh.tzy sheau
  - Palladius: янь да дуцзы сяо (janʹ da duczy sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tou⁵ zi² siu²
  - Yale: ngáahn daaih tóuh jí síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁵ daai⁶ tou⁵ dzi² siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁵ dai⁶ tou⁵ ji² xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn¹³ taːi̯²² tʰou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Phrase

眼大肚子小

(idiomatic) to have eyes bigger than one's stomach; to take more food than one can eat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼大肚子小 (“to have eyes bigger than one's stomach”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼大肚子小
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼闊肚窄
Cantonese	Hong Kong	眼闊肚窄, 眼大肚窄
Hakka	Meixian	眼闊肚狹
Southern Min	Shantou	目大肚細

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