僧多粥少

Chinese

		monk	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	congee; gruel; porridge	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (僧多粥少)		僧	多	粥	少
Literally: “many monks and not much gruel”.

Alternative forms

粥少僧多

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sēngduōzhōushǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄥㄉㄨㄛㄓㄡㄕㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ do¹ zuk¹ siu²
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-to-chiok-siáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sēngduōzhōushǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄥㄉㄨㄛㄓㄡㄕㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sengduojoushao
  - IPA ^(key): /sɤŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zang¹ do¹ zuk¹ siu²
  - Yale: jāng dō jūk síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ do¹ dzuk⁷ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ do¹ zug¹ xiu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-to-chiok-siáu
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-to-tsiok-siáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengdoicioksiao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiaʊ⁵³/

Idiom

僧多粥少

not enough to go around; having demands exceeding supply

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