不大不小 in Chinese

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: bùdàbùxiǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ daai⁶ bat¹ siu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùdàbùxiǎo [Phonetic:búdàbùxiǎo] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùdàbùsiǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-dà-bù-syǎu [Mandarin, Yale], budahbusheau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], будабусяо [Mandarin, Palladius], budabusjao [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt daaih bāt síu [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ daai⁶ bat⁷ siu² [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ dai⁶ bed¹ xiu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 不大不小

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "name": "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi",
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      "glosses": [
        "neither too big nor too small"
      ],
      "id": "en-不大不小-zh-phrase-TvScTzVZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "neither",
          "neither"
        ],
        [
          "too",
          "too"
        ],
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "nor",
          "nor"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdàbùxiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ daai⁶ bat¹ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdàbùxiǎo [Phonetic:búdàbùxiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdàbùsiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-dà-bù-syǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budahbusheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "будабусяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budabusjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt daaih bāt síu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ daai⁶ bat⁷ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ dai⁶ bed¹ xiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búdàbùxiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不大不小"
}

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        "Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "neither too big nor too small"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neither",
          "neither"
        ],
        [
          "too",
          "too"
        ],
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "nor",
          "nor"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bùdàbùxiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ daai⁶ bat¹ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdàbùxiǎo [Phonetic:búdàbùxiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùdàbùsiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-dà-bù-syǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budahbusheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "будабусяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "budabusjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt daaih bāt síu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ daai⁶ bat⁷ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ dai⁶ bed¹ xiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búdàbùxiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ taːi̯²² pɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不大不小"
}

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"不大不小" meaning in Chinese

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