小夜曲

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	nocturne
simp. and trad. (小夜曲)		小	夜曲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoyèqū

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² je⁶ kuk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-iā-khek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyèqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyècyu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yeh⁴-chʻü¹
  - Yale: syǎu-yè-chyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyehchiu
  - Palladius: сяоецюй (sjaojecjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² je⁶ kuk¹
  - Yale: síu yeh kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² je⁶ kuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yé⁶ kug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɛː²² kʰʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-iā-khek
  - Tâi-lô: sió-iā-khik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioyiaxqeg
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

小夜曲

serenade
《月半小夜曲》 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
“jyut⁶ bun³ siu² je⁶ kuk¹” [Jyutping]
"Half-Moon Serenade"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	夜	曲
しょう Grade: 1	や Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーやきょく [shòóyáꜜkyòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːja̠kʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

小(しょう)夜(や)曲(きょく) • (shōyakyoku) ^{←せうやきょく (seuyakyoku)^?}

serenade

Synonyms

セレナーデ (serenāde), セレナード (serenādo), 夜曲(やきょく) (yakyoku)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	夜	曲
さ Grade: 1	よ Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 3
kun'yomi		on'yomi

小夜 (sayo, “night”) +‎ 曲 (kyoku, “song”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さよきょく [sàyóꜜkyòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠jo̞kʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

小(さ)夜(よ)曲(きょく) • (sayokyoku)

serenade

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