小學

See also: 小学

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (小學)		小	學
simp. (小学)		小	学

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxué

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu² hok⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiau² hok⁵ / lhiau² hok^5*

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'xieu³ hoh⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): séu-ho̍k

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau³ hog⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sió-o̍h / sió-ha̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² hag⁸ / siao² hag⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-ghoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosyué
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsüeh²
    • Yale: syǎu-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyue
    • Palladius: сяосюэ (sjaosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hok⁶
    • Yale: síu hohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɔːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhiau² hok⁵ / lhiau² hok^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiau⁵⁵ hɔk̚³²/, /ɬiau⁵⁵ hɔk̚³²⁻³²⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'xieu³ hoh⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈɕiɛu²¹³⁻²⁴ hɔʔ²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-ho̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ hog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ hok̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau³ hog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /siau³¹ hɔk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Penang, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-o̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sió-o̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyoih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ oʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ oʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /sio⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ oʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sio⁴²⁻²⁴ oʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ oʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɤʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-ha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sió-ha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'hak
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² hag⁸ / siao² hag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu ha̍k / siáu ha̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ hak̚⁴/, /siau⁵²⁻³⁵ hak̚⁴/

Note: siou2 hag8 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-ghoq
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 ghoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-hhoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɦoʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewX haewk

Rime
Character	小	學
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	私兆切	胡覺切
Baxter	sjewX	haewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuX/	/ɦˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/ɦᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/ɣɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/ɦaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/ɣɔk̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/ɣɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/ɣɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	xué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	hok6

Noun

小學

1. primary school; elementary school

   我的孩子正在小學讀書。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的孩子正在小学读书。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de háizi zhèngzài xiǎoxué dúshū. [Pinyin]

   My child is currently in primary school.

2. (historical) traditional Chinese philology, phonology and semantics

   Hyponyms: 文字學／文字学 (wénzìxué), 音韻學／音韵学 (yīnyùnxué), 訓詁學／训诂学 (xùngǔxué)

   • 以足下讀古人書，為文章，善小學，其為多能若是。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以足下读古人书，为文章，善小学，其为多能若是。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 806, Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元),《賀進士王參元失火書》, translated into English as Congratulations on a Fire by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.

     Yǐ zúxià dú gǔrén shū, wéi wénzhāng, shàn xiǎoxué, qí wéi duōnéng ruòshì. [Pinyin]

     (Not translated literally) My friend, you are widely read in ancient lore. You are an accomplished scholar: a man, in fact, of many gifts.

Synonyms

• (primary school): (Taiwan) 國小／国小 (guóxiǎo)

Derived terms

• 中小學／中小学 (zhōngxiǎoxué)
• 初級小學／初级小学
• 國民小學／国民小学
• 完全小學／完全小学
• 小學生／小学生 (xiǎoxuéshēng)
• 小學雞／小学鸡 (xiǎoxuéjī)
• 希望小學／希望小学 (xīwàng xiǎoxué)
• 迷你小學／迷你小学
• 高級小學／高级小学 (gāojí xiǎoxué)

 

Descendants

• → Xibe: ᠠᡪᡞᡤᡝ
  ᡨᠠᠴᡞᡣᡡ
• → Zhuang: siujyoz

See also

• 中學／中学 (zhōngxué)
• 大學／大学 (dàxué)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	學
しょう Grade: 1	がく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

小(しょう)學(がく) • (shōgaku) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 小学: elementary school

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小	學

Noun

小學

1. chữ Hán form of tiểu học (“primary education”).