小宇宙

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	universe; cosmos; macrocosm universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
simp. and trad. (小宇宙)		小	宇宙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoyǔzhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyǔzhòu [Phonetic: xiáoyǔzhòu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyǔjhòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yü³-chou⁴
  - Yale: syǎu-yǔ-jòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyeujow
  - Palladius: сяоюйчжоу (sjaojujčžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

小宇宙

(philosophy) microcosm
Antonym: 大宇宙 (dàyǔzhòu)
(neologism, slang) the “small universe” that is in a person's heart that contains all of the person's emotions
你是我的小宇宙。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ shì wǒ de xiǎoyǔzhòu. [Pinyin]
You are my beloved.

Derived terms

小宇宙爆發 / 小宇宙爆发

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小宇宙):

→ Japanese: 小宇宙(しょううちゅう) (shōuchū)
→ Korean: 소우주(小宇宙) (souju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	宇	宙
しょう Grade: 1	う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

小 (“small”) +‎ 宇宙 (“space”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɯ̟t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

小(しょう)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (shōuchū)

the inner verse; the microcosm

Antonyms

大(だい)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) (daiuchū): macrocosm

See also

小宇宙 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Microcosm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia