多多少少
Chinese
many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi- |
young; few; little young; few; little; lack |
young; few; little young; few; little; lack | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (多多少少) | 多 | 多 | 少 | 少 | |
| simp. #(多多少少) | 多 | 多 | 少 | 少 | |
| AABB-type reduplication of 多少 (duōshao) | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: duōduōshǎoshǎo [Phonetic: duōduōsháoshǎo] → duōduoshǎoshǎo (toneless variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ → ㄉㄨㄛ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ (toneless variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: duoduo̊shǎoshǎo
- Wade–Giles: to1-to5-shao3-shao3
- Yale: dwō-dwo-shǎu-shǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo.duoshaoshao
- Palladius: додошаошао (dodošaošao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ d̥u̯ɔ² ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: do1 do1 siu2 siu2
- Yale: dō dō síu síu
- Cantonese Pinyin: do1 do1 siu2 siu2
- Guangdong Romanization: do1 do1 xiu2 xiu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɔː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-tô-séu-séu
- Hakka Romanization System: doˊ doˊ seuˋ seuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: do1 do1 seu3 seu3
- Sinological IPA: /to²⁴⁻¹¹ to²⁴ seu̯³¹ seu̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: doˋ doˋ shauˊ shauˊ
- Sinological IPA: /to⁵³ to⁵³ ʃau²⁴⁻³³ ʃau²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Adverb
多多少少
- more or less
- 人大概是沒有不犯錯誤的，多多少少要犯錯誤，犯了錯誤就要幫助。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Rén dàgài shì méiyǒu bù fàn cuòwù de, duōduōshǎoshǎo yào fàn cuòwù, fàn le cuòwù jiù yào bāngzhù. [Pinyin]
- Probably no one is free from mistakes, only some make more and some less, and once they do they need help.
人大概是没有不犯错误的，多多少少要犯错误，犯了错误就要帮助。 [MSC, simp.]