問長問短

See also: 问长问短

Chinese
to ask
 
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
  • 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

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