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): ㄊㄢㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄊㄢㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji^4-2, taam¹ siu² pin⁴ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: tānxiǎopiányi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tansheaupyan.i
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tansiǎopiányi̊
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-hsiao³-pʻien²-i⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰjɛn³⁵ i³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: tānxiǎopiányí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tansheaupyanyi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tansiǎopiányí
  - Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-hsiao³-pʻien²-i²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰjɛn³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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): /tʰäːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/, /tʰäːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/

Idiom

貪小便宜

to be keen on gaining petty advantages

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