See 半斤八兩 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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{
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"1": "兩"
},
"expansion": "兩／两 (liǎng)",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From the historical Chinese measurement system, wherein one 斤 (jīn) was equal to 16 兩／两 (liǎng).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "半斤八两",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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},
{
"form": "半斤八両",
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}
],
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"2": "idiom"
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "半斤笑八兩"
},
{
"word": "半斤笑八两"
}
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],
"id": "en-半斤八兩-zh-phrase-EshJalL-",
"links": [
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"derogatory",
"derogatory"
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[
"six of one, half a dozen of the other",
"six of one, half a dozen of the other"
],
[
"not",
"not"
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[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"choose",
"choose"
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[
"two",
"two"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly derogatory) six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
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"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bànjīnbāliǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧㄤˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bun³ gan¹ baat³ loeng⁵⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pan-kîn-pat-liông"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-kun-poeh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-kin-peh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-kin-peh-nió͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "buan³ geng¹ boih⁴ niê²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "buan³ gêng¹ boih⁴ nio²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bànjīnbāliǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bànjinbaliǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pan⁴-chin¹-pa¹-liang³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bàn-jīn-bā-lyǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bannjinbaleang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "баньцзиньбалян"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "banʹczinʹbaljan"
},
{
"ipa": "/pän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bun gān baat léung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bun³ gan¹ baat⁸ loeng⁵⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bun³ gen¹ bad³ lêng⁵⁻²"
},
{
"ipa": "/puːn³³ kɐn⁵⁵ paːt̚³ lœːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pan-kîn-pat-liông"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ban^"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ginˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "bad^ˋ liong^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ban⁴ gin¹ bad⁵ liong¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ kin²⁴ pat̚² li̯oŋ²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "puànn-kun-pueh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pvoarkunpoehniuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻²² pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³ pue(ʔ)⁵ niũ⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "puànn-kin-peh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pvoarkinpehniuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "puànn-kin-peh-nióo"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tainan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "puàⁿ kṳng poih nié"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "puàⁿ keng poih nió"
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nie⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nio⁵²⁻²¹/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"other": "/ pòaⁿ-kin-peh-niú /"
},
{
"ipa": "/pän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puːn³³ kɐn⁵⁵ paːt̚³ lœːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ kin²⁴ pat̚² li̯oŋ²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻²² pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³ pue(ʔ)⁵ niũ⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nie⁵²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nio⁵²⁻²¹/"
}
],
"word": "半斤八兩"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "半斤笑八兩"
},
{
"word": "半斤笑八两"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "斤"
},
"expansion": "斤 (jīn)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "兩"
},
"expansion": "兩／两 (liǎng)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the historical Chinese measurement system, wherein one 斤 (jīn) was equal to 16 兩／两 (liǎng).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "半斤八两",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "半斤八両",
"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "半斤八兩",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese derogatory terms",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 兩",
"Chinese terms spelled with 八",
"Chinese terms spelled with 半",
"Chinese terms spelled with 斤",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hakka chengyu",
"Hakka idioms",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hokkien chengyu",
"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Teochew chengyu",
"Teochew idioms",
"Teochew lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"six of one, half a dozen of the other",
"six of one, half a dozen of the other"
],
[
"not",
"not"
],
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"choose",
"choose"
],
[
"two",
"two"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly derogatory) six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bànjīnbāliǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄧㄤˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "bun³ gan¹ baat³ loeng⁵⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pan-kîn-pat-liông"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-kun-poeh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-kin-peh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-kin-peh-nió͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "buan³ geng¹ boih⁴ niê²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "buan³ gêng¹ boih⁴ nio²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bànjīnbāliǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bànjinbaliǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pan⁴-chin¹-pa¹-liang³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bàn-jīn-bā-lyǎng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "bannjinbaleang"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "баньцзиньбалян"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "banʹczinʹbaljan"
},
{
"ipa": "/pän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "bun gān baat léung"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "bun³ gan¹ baat⁸ loeng⁵⁻²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "bun³ gen¹ bad³ lêng⁵⁻²"
},
{
"ipa": "/puːn³³ kɐn⁵⁵ paːt̚³ lœːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "pan-kîn-pat-liông"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ban^"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ginˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "bad^ˋ liong^ˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ban⁴ gin¹ bad⁵ liong¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ kin²⁴ pat̚² li̯oŋ²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "puànn-kun-pueh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pvoarkunpoehniuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻²² pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³ pue(ʔ)⁵ niũ⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "puànn-kin-peh-niú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "pvoarkinpehniuo"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "puànn-kin-peh-nióo"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tainan"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "puàⁿ kṳng poih nié"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "puàⁿ keng poih nió"
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nie⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nio⁵²⁻²¹/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"other": "/ pòaⁿ-kin-peh-niú /"
},
{
"ipa": "/pän⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puːn³³ kɐn⁵⁵ paːt̚³ lœːŋ¹³⁻³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pan⁵⁵ kin²⁴ pat̚² li̯oŋ²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻²² pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³ pue(ʔ)⁵ niũ⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nie⁵²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ³³⁻²³ poiʔ²⁻⁴ nio⁵²⁻²¹/"
}
],
"word": "半斤八兩"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 半斤八兩 meaning in Chinese (6.2kB)
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