半斤八兩

See also: 半斤八两

Chinese

	half	catty	eight	tael
trad. (半斤八兩)	半	斤	八	兩
simp. (半斤八两)	半	斤	八	两
alternative forms	半斤八両

Etymology

From the historical Chinese measurement system, wherein one 斤 (jīn) was equal to 16 兩／两 (liǎng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànjīnbāliǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄅㄚㄌㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ gan¹ baat³ loeng^5-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pan-kîn-pat-liông
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-kun-poeh-niú / pòaⁿ-kin-peh-niú / pòaⁿ-kin-peh-nió͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànjīnbāliǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣㄅㄚㄌㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànjinbaliǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chin¹-pa¹-liang³
  - Yale: bàn-jīn-bā-lyǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannjinbaleang
  - Palladius: баньцзиньбалян (banʹczinʹbaljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ljɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ gan¹ baat³ loeng^5-2
  - Yale: bun gān baat léung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ gan¹ baat⁸ loeng^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ gen¹ bad³ lêng^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kɐn⁵⁵ paːt̚³ lœːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pan-kîn-pat-liông
  - Hakka Romanization System: ban gin´ bad` liong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ban⁴ gin¹ bad⁵ liong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pan⁵⁵ kin²⁴ pat̚² li̯oŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kun-poeh-niú
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-kun-pueh-niú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarkunpoehniuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kin-peh-niú
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-kin-peh-niú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarkinpehniuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-kin-peh-nió͘
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-kin-peh-nióo
  - IPA (Tainan): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/

Idiom

半斤八兩

(chiefly derogatory) six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two

Derived terms

半斤笑八兩／半斤笑八两

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