小名

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (小名)		小	名
simp. #(小名)		小	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiǎomíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao³ min²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ming²
    • Yale: syǎu-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauming
    • Palladius: сяомин (sjaomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomíngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomíngr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ming²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-míngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumiengl
    • Palladius: сяоминр (sjaominr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao³ min²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaomin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵³ min²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ming⁴
    • Yale: síu mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: sió-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioymiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã²³/

Noun

小名

1. childhood name
2. pet name; hypocorism

Synonyms

• (childhood name): 奶名 (nǎimíng), 乳名 (rǔmíng)

Derived terms

• 種小名／种小名 (zhǒngxiǎomíng)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
小	名
しょう Grade: 1	みょう Grade: 1
on’yomi	kan’on

• (Tokyo) しょーみょ​ー [shòómyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) しょーみょー [shòómyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːmʲo̞ː]

Noun

小(しょう)名(みょう) • (shōmyō) ^{←せうみやう (seumyau)?}

1. (historical) During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a samurai with a smaller landholding than a daimyo.
2. (historical) In the Edo period, a feudal lord whose land was worth less than 10,000 koku

Related terms

• 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō)

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
小	名
こ Grade: 1	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) こ​な [kóꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞na̠]

Noun

小(こ)名(な) • (kona) 

1. The term for a specific division within a town (町(まち) (machi)) or village (村(むら) (mura)).

Synonyms

• 小(こ)字(あざ) (koaza)
• 字(あざ) (aza)

Related terms

• 大(おお)名(な) (ōna)
• 大(おお)字(あざ) (ōaza)