小魚

See also: 小鱼

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	fish
trad. (小魚)		小	魚
simp. (小鱼)		小	鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyú
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yü²
    • Yale: syǎu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyu
    • Palladius: сяоюй (sjaojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 小於／小于 小魚／小鱼

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jyu⁴
    • Yale: síu yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jyː²¹/

Noun

小魚

1. small fish

Synonyms

• (Gan) 魚子／鱼子
• (Hokkien) 魚囝／鱼囝

Derived terms

• 大魚吃小魚／大鱼吃小鱼 (dà yú chī xiǎo yú)
• 大魚吃小魚，小魚吃蝦米／大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米 (dàyú chī xiǎoyú, xiǎoyú chī xiāmi)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	魚
こ Grade: 1	さかな > ざかな Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 小肴

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こざ​かな [kòzáꜜkànà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) こざかな [kòzákáná] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞za̠ka̠na̠]

Noun

小(こ)魚(ざかな) • (kozakana) 

1. small fish

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	魚
いさ Grade: 1	な Grade: 2
irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 細小魚

Noun

小(いさ)魚(な) • (isana) 

1. small fish