一星半點

Chinese

		tiny bit	the least bit
trad. (一星半點)		一星	半點
simp. (一星半点)		一星	半点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxīng-bàndiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sing¹ bun³ dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxīng-bàndiǎn [Phonetic: yìxīng-bàndiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisingbàndiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsing¹-pan⁴-tien³
    • Yale: yī-syīng-bàn-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishingbanndean
    • Palladius: исинбаньдянь (isinbanʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一星半點兒 / 一星半点儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxīngbàndiǎnr [Phonetic: yìxīngbàndiǎnr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisingbàndiǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsing¹-pan⁴-tien³-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-syīng-bàn-dyǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishingbanndeal
    • Palladius: исинбаньдяньр (isinbanʹdjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sing¹ bun³ dim²
    • Yale: yāt sīng bun dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sing¹ bun³ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xing¹ bun³ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ puːn³³ tiːm³⁵/

Idiom

一星半點

1. a tiny bit; a very small amount

   這可是細活，不能有一星半點差錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   这可是细活，不能有一星半点差错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè kě shì xìhuó, bùnéng yǒu yīxīngbàndiǎn chācuò. [Pinyin]

   This is a high precision job. There mustn't be the slightest slip.