問長問短

See also: 问长问短

Chinese

		to ask	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	to ask	lack; short
trad. (問長問短)		問	長	問	短
simp. (问长问短)		问	长	问	短

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wènchángwènduǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
Min Nan (POJ): mn̄g-tn̂g-mn̄g-té

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wènchángwènduǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennchangrwenndoan
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ u̯ən⁵¹ tu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g-tn̂g-mn̄g-té
  - Tâi-lô: mn̄g-tn̂g-mn̄g-té
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mngxd'ngmngxdea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ te⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² mŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² te⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² mŋ̍²²⁻²¹ te⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/

Idiom

問長問短

to ask about the length and breadth of various things; to ask all sorts of (trivial) questions

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