雷聲大，雨點小

See also: 雷声大，雨点小

Chinese

		thunder	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor		raindrop	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (雷聲大，雨點小)		雷聲	大	，	雨點	小
simp. (雷声大，雨点小)		雷声	大	，	雨点	小
alternative forms		雷聲大雨點小／雷声大雨点小
Literally: “loud thunder but small raindrops”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léishēng dà, yǔdiǎn xiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄚˋ , ㄩˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴ sing¹ daai⁶, jyu⁵ dim² siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léishēng dà, yǔdiǎn xiǎo [Phonetic: léishēngdà,yúdiánxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄚˋ , ㄩˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léisheng dà, yǔdiǎn siǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lei²-shêng¹ ta⁴, yü³-tien³ hsiao³
    • Yale: léi-shēng dà-, yǔ-dyǎn syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leisheng dah, yeudean sheau
    • Palladius: лэйшэн да, юйдянь сяо (lɛjšɛn da, jujdjanʹ sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴ sing¹ daai⁶, jyu⁵ dim² siu²
    • Yale: lèuih sīng daaih, yúh dím síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴ sing¹ daai⁶, jy⁵ dim² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴ xing¹ dai⁶, yu⁵ dim² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵ taːi̯²² jyː¹³ tiːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

雷聲大，雨點小

1. much said but little done, all bark and no bite