無大無細

Chinese

		not have	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	not have	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (無大無細)		無	大	無	細
simp. (无大无细)		无	大	无	细

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mò-thai-mò-se
• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-duâi-mò̤-*sá̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô-tōa-bô-sòe / bô-tōa-bô-sè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho⁵ dua⁷ bho⁵ soi³

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-thai-mò-se
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˇ tai mo^ˇ se
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo² tai⁴ mo² se⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵ mo¹¹ se⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-duâi-mò̤-*sá̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t-)luai²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ mo⁵³⁻²¹ sɑ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tōa-bô-sòe
    • Tâi-lô: bô-tuā-bô-suè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'doaxboisoex
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ tua²²⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²¹ sue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tua³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ sue¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² tua²²⁻²¹ bo²⁴⁻²² sue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /bo²⁴⁻²² tua⁴¹⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² sue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-tōa-bô-sè
    • Tâi-lô: bô-tuā-bô-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boi'doaxboisex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ tua³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² tua²²⁻²¹ bo¹³⁻²² se²¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /bɤ²⁴⁻³³ tua³³⁻¹¹ bɤ²⁴⁻³³ se²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho⁵ dua⁷ bho⁵ soi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô tuā bô sòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tua¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ soi²¹³/

Idiom

無大無細

1. (Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min) to have no sense of who is senior and who is junior; to show no respect to elders

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沒大沒小 (“to have no sense of who is senior and who is junior; to show no respect to elders”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沒大沒小
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	沒大沒小
	Harbin	沒大沒小, 沒老沒少
	Singapore	沒大沒小
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	沒大沒小
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	沒大沒小
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	沒大小, 沒大沒小
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	十裡八搭
	Yangzhou	不上不下, 沒大沒小
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇大冇細
	Hong Kong	冇大冇細
	Taishan	冇大冇細
	Dongguan	冇大冇細
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冇大冇細
Gan	Nanchang	冒大冒細
Hakka	Meixian	無上無下
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	冇大冇細
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無大無細, 無上無下
Jin	Taiyuan	沒大沒小
Northern Min	Jian'ou	無大無小
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	無大無細
Southern Min	Xiamen	無大無細
	Quanzhou	無大無細
	Zhangzhou	無大無細
	Tainan	無大無細
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無大無細
	Manila (Hokkien)	無大無細
	Jieyang	無大無細
Wu	Shanghai	嘸大嘸小
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嘸大嘸小
	Suzhou	嘸大小, 嘸大嘸小
Xiang	Changsha	冇上冇下, 冇大冇細, 冇得大細
	Loudi	冇大冇小