芝麻綠豆

Chinese

	sesame	mung bean
trad. (芝麻綠豆)	芝麻	綠豆
simp. (芝麻绿豆)	芝麻	绿豆
Literally: “(as small as) sesame and mung beans”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīma lǜdòu

(Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ maa⁴ luk⁶ dau^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīma lǜdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmå lyùdòu
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-ma⁵ lü⁴-tou⁴
  - Yale: jr̄-ma lyù-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.ma liuhdow
  - Palladius: чжима люйдоу (čžima ljujdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ maa⁴ luk⁶ dau^6-2
  - Yale: jī màh luhk dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ maa⁴ luk⁹ dau^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ma⁴ lug⁶ deo^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹ lʊk̚² tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Adjective

芝麻綠豆

(figurative) not worth mentioning; of little significance
這種芝麻綠豆大的小事，不值得大驚小怪。 [MSC, trad.]
这种芝麻绿豆大的小事，不值得大惊小怪。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhǒng zhīmálǜdòu dà de xiǎoshì, bù zhídé dàjīngxiǎoguài. [Pinyin]
No need to make a fuss about such small problems.

Synonyms

雞毛蒜皮／鸡毛蒜皮 (jīmáosuànpí)

References

“Entry #113012”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Chinese Republic, Taipei), 2021.

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