小寫

See also: 小写

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	to write
trad. (小寫)		小	寫
simp. (小写)		小	写

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² se²
• Eastern Min (BUC): siēu-siā
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-siá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxiě [Phonetic: xiáoxiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosiě
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsieh³
    • Yale: syǎu-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushiee
    • Palladius: сяосе (sjaose)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² se²
    • Yale: síu sé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² se²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɛː³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(s-)lia³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-siá
    • Tâi-lô: sió-siá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysiar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sia⁴¹/

Noun

小寫

1. lower case
2. ordinary form of Chinese numerals

Synonyms

• (lower case):

Dialectal synonyms of 小寫 (“lower case”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小寫, 小階
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小寫
	Singapore	小寫
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	碎字
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	碎字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	細階, 細草

• (ordinary form of Chinese numerals): (Hokkien) 小碼／小码

Antonyms

• 大寫／大写 (dàxiě)