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

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• 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

1. (philosophy) microcosm

   Antonym: 大宇宙 (dàyǔzhòu)

2. (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): [ɕo̞ːɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

小(しょう)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (shōuchū) 

1. the innerverse; 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