small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
world; the World | ||
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simp. and trad. (小世界) |
小 | 世界 | |
Literally: “minor world-system”. |
Rime | |||
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Character | 小 | 世 | 界 |
Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 書 (26) | 見 (28) |
Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 祭 (35) | 皆 (33) |
Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
Division (等) | III | III | II |
Fanqie | 私兆切 | 舒制切 | 古拜切 |
Baxter | sjewX | syejH | keajH |
Reconstructions | |||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/siᴇuX/ | /ɕiᴇiH/ | /kˠɛiH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/siɛuX/ | /ɕiɛiH/ | /kᵚæiH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/sjæuX/ | /ɕjæiH/ | /kɐiH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/siawX/ | /ɕiajH/ | /kəɨjH/ |
Li Rong |
/siɛuX/ | /ɕiɛiH/ | /kɛiH/ |
Wang Li |
/sĭɛuX/ | /ɕĭɛiH/ | /kɐiH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/si̯ɛuX/ | /ɕi̯ɛiH/ | /kăiH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiǎo | shì | jiè |
Expected Cantonese Reflex |
siu2 | sai3 | gaai3 |
小世界