小世界

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	world; realm governed by a Buddha
simp. and trad. (小世界)		小	世界
Literally: “minor world-system”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎo shìjiè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo shìjiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo shìhjiè
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³ shih⁴-chieh⁴
  - Yale: syǎu shr̀-jyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau shyhjieh
  - Palladius: сяо шицзе (sjao šicze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: sjewX syejH keajH

Rime
Character	小	世	界
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II
Fanqie	私兆切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	sjewX	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu^X/	/ɕiᴇi^H/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu^X/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu^X/	/ɕjæi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw^X/	/ɕiaj^H/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/siɛu^X/	/ɕiɛi^H/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu^X/	/ɕĭɛi^H/	/kɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu^X/	/ɕi̯ɛi^H/	/kăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu²	sai³	gaai³

Noun

小世界

(Buddhism) a single world (including a singular Mount Sumeru, sun, and moon).

See also

小千世界 (xiǎo qiān shìjiè)
中千世界 (zhōng qiān shìjiè)
大千世界 (dàqiānshìjiè)
三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)