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}
],
"etymology_text": "From the historical Chinese measurement system, wherein one 斤 (jīn) was equal to 16 兩／两 (liǎng).",
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"pos": "phrase",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"word": "半斤笑八兩"
},
{
"word": "半斤笑八两"
}
],
"glosses": [
"six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
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"derogatory",
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[
"six of one, half a dozen of the other",
"six of one, half a dozen of the other"
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[
"not",
"not"
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[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"choose",
"choose"
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[
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"(chiefly derogatory) six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
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"idiomatic"
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}
],
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"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 gin´ bad` liong´"
},
{
"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": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"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 kin⁴⁴⁻³³ 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": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/"
},
{
"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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{
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"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).",
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"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese idioms",
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
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"Hokkien idioms",
"Hokkien lemmas",
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"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"glosses": [
"six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
"links": [
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"six of one, half a dozen of the other",
"six of one, half a dozen of the other"
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"not",
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[
"much",
"much"
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"choose",
"choose"
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"(chiefly derogatory) six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two"
],
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],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
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"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 gin´ bad` liong´"
},
{
"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": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"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 kin⁴⁴⁻³³ 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": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴⁻²² pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kin⁴⁴⁻³³ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ niũ⁴¹/"
},
{
"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"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.