小一

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
simp. and trad. (小一)		小	一
anagram		一小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-i¹
    • Yale: syǎu-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaui
    • Palladius: сяои (sjaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jat¹
    • Yale: síu yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵/

Noun

小一

1. first year in primary school; first grade

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	一
しょう Grade: 1	いち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 小 (shō, abbreviation of 小学校: elementary school) + 一 (ichi, "one," "first").

Noun

小(しょう)一(いち) • (shōichi) 

1. first-year student of an elementary school

Related terms

• 小一時間 (koichijikan): nearly one hour