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

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

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])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) しょーみょー [shòómyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːmʲo̞ː]

Noun

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

(historical) During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a samurai with a smaller landholding than a daimyo.
(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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞na̠]

Noun

小(こ)名(な) • (kona)

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)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN