小城

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (小城)		小	城

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎochéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-sàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochéng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: syǎu-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaucherng
    • Palladius: сяочэн (sjaočɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² sing⁴
    • Yale: síu sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` sangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ saŋ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewX dzyeng

Rime
Character	小	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	私兆切	是征切
Baxter	sjewX	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuX/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	sing4

Etymology 1

Noun

小城

1. small town

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 小城(おぎ) (Ogi).

Proper noun

小城

1. (～市) Ogi (a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan)