中小

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (中小)		中	小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄠˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sió

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsiao³
  - Yale: jūng-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongsheau
  - Palladius: чжунсяо (čžunsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sió
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsioir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sio⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sio⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sio⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sio⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

中小

(attributive) small to medium

Derived terms

中小企業 / 中小企业 (zhōngxiǎo qǐyè)
中小型 (zhōngxiǎoxíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	小
ちゅう Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 中 (chū, “middle, medium”) +‎ 小 (shō, “small, little”).

Noun

中(ちゅう)小(しょう) • (chūshō)

small to medium

Derived terms

大中小 (daichūshō): large, medium, or small
中小企業 (chūshō kigyō): smaller companies
中小企業庁 (chūshō kigyō chō): the Japanese Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
中小諸国家 (chūshō sho-kokka): medium and small nations