短小精悍

Chinese

		short and small	shrewd and valiant; able and efficient; pithy and poignant
trad. (短小精悍)		短小	精悍
simp. ^#(短小精悍)		短小	精悍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duǎnxiǎo jīnghàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² siu² zing¹ hon⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duǎnxiǎo jīnghàn [Phonetic: duánxiǎojīnghàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄏㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duǎnsiǎo jinghàn
  - Wade–Giles: tuan³-hsiao³ ching¹-han⁴
  - Yale: dwǎn-syǎu jīng-hàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doansheau jinghann
  - Palladius: дуаньсяо цзинхань (duanʹsjao czinxanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dyun² siu² zing¹ hon⁶
  - Yale: dyún síu jīng hohn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² siu² dzing¹ hon⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dün² xiu² jing¹ hon⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔːn²²/

Idiom

短小精悍

not imposing but strong and capable (of a man)
short and pithy; terse and forceful (of a piece of writing)

Synonyms

(not imposing but strong and capable): (Hokkien) 武腯, 武身

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