芝麻綠豆

Chinese

		sesame	mung bean
trad. (芝麻綠豆)		芝麻	綠豆
simp. (芝麻绿豆)		芝麻	绿豆
Literally: “(as small as) sesame and mung beans”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīma lǜdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ maa⁴ luk⁶ dau^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīma lǜdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmå lyùdòu
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ma⁵ lü⁴-tou⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-ma lyù-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.ma liuhdow
    • Palladius: чжима люйдоу (čžima ljujdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ maa⁴ luk⁶ dau^6-2
    • Yale: jī màh luhk dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ maa⁴ luk⁹ dau^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ma⁴ lug⁶ deo^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹ lʊk̚² tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Adjective

芝麻綠豆

1. (figurative) not worth mentioning; of little significance

   這種芝麻綠豆大的小事，不值得大驚小怪。 [MSC, trad.]
   这种芝麻绿豆大的小事，不值得大惊小怪。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè zhǒng zhīmálǜdòu dà de xiǎoshì, bù zhídé dàjīngxiǎoguài. [Pinyin]

   No need to make a fuss about such small problems.

Synonyms

• 雞毛蒜皮／鸡毛蒜皮 (jīmáosuànpí)

References

“Entry #113012”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.