# 無大無細
## Chinese

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

### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mò-thai-mò-se
    (Hailu, HRS): mo tai$^˖$ mo se$^ˇ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-duâi-mò̤-*sá̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo$^2$ dua$^5$ bo$^2$ se$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bô-tōa-bô-sòe / bô-tōa-bô-sè
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bho$^5$ dua$^7$ bho$^5$ soi$^3$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mò-thai-mò-se
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo$^ˇ$ tai mo$^ˇ$ se
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mo$^2$ tai$^4$ mo$^2$ se$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵ mo¹¹ se⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mo tai$^˖$ mo se$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /mo⁵⁵ tʰai³³ mo⁵⁵ se¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-duâi-mò̤-*sá̤
*** Sinological IPA : /mo⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$luai²⁴²⁽⁻²¹⁾ mo⁵³⁻²¹ sɑ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^2$ dua$^5$ bo$^2$ se$^4$ [Phonetic: bo$^4$ dua$^5$ bo$^1$ se$^4$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beó-duā-beó-sa̤̍
*** Sinological IPA : /po¹³⁻⁴² tua²¹ po¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɬe⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^2$ dua$^5$ bo$^2$ se$^4$ [Phonetic: bo$^4$ dua$^5$ bo$^1$ se$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pɵ¹³⁻⁴² tua²¹ pɵ¹³⁻⁵⁵ ɬe⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^2$ dua$^5$ bo$^2$ se$^4$ [Phonetic: bo$^5$ lua$^5$ bo$^1$ le$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pɵ¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t-)}$lua²¹ pɵ¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$le⁴²/
* 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: bho$^5$ dua$^7$ bho$^5$ soi$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bô tuā bô sòi
*** Sinological IPA : /bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tua¹¹ bo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ soi²¹³/

### Idiom

無大無細
* (Hakka, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min) to have no sense of who is senior and who is junior; to show no respect to elders
* (Puxian Min) neither too big nor too small; just the right size

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 沒大沒小 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 沒大沒小 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 沒大沒小, 沒老沒少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 不上不下, 沒大沒小 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 冇大冇細 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 冇大冇細 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 冇大冇細 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 冇大冇細 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 冇大冇細 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 冒大冒細 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 無上無下 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 冇大冇細 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無大無細, 無老無大, 無上無下 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 無大無細 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 無大無細 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 無大無細 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 無大無細 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 無大無細 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 無大無細 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 嘸大嘸小 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 嘸大嘸小 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嘸大小, 嘸大嘸小 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 冇上冇下, 冇大冇細, 冇得大細 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 冇大冇小 |

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “無大無小”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* “無大無細”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “Entry #370”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “无大无细”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 43.