少數怕長計

简 少数怕长计 · 繁 少數怕長計
Cantonese · source Jyutpingsiu2 sou3 paa3 coeng4 gai3

Meanings

  1. it's not good when many small amounts are added up, then they become a big amount of money
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Same syllable, six tones

gai鸡gai1fowlgai2—计gai3to calculategai4—gai5—gai6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: shao3 shu4 pa4 chang2 ji4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity少數怕長計 少数怕长计 [shao3 shu4 pa4 chang2 ji4] {siu2 sou3 paa3 coeng4 gai3} /it's not good when many small amounts are added up, then they become a big amount of money/

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