小口

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (小口)		小	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎokǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎokǒu [Phonetic: xiáokǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎokǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kʻou³
    • Yale: syǎu-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaukoou
    • Palladius: сяокоу (sjaokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hau²
    • Yale: síu háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: sió-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 小口

1. (Southern Min) eating little, eating like a bird

   伊真小口，食半碗飯就飽矣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊真小口，食半碗饭就饱矣。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I chin sió-kháu, chia̍h pòaⁿ óaⁿ pn̄g tō pá--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He eats very little; he was already full after eating half a bowl of rice.

Synonyms

• 小食 (xiǎoshí)
• 細食／细食

Antonyms

• 大食 (Dàshí)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小口

1. small mouth

   櫻桃小口／樱桃小口  ―  yīngtáo xiǎokǒu  ―  a small cherry-like mouth

2. small opening, small entrance, aperture
3. container with a small opening
4. child; minor

References

• “Entry #237”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	口
こ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, mouth).

Noun

小(こ)口(ぐち) • (koguchi) 

1. small lot, small sum, small amount
2. end, edge, cut end, beginning
3. clue
4. section

Derived terms

• 小口扱(こぐちあつか)い (koguchiatsukai): small lot consignment
• 小口現金(こぐちげんきん) (koguchi genkin): petty cash

Related terms

• 小口径(しょうこうけい) (shōkōkei): small caliber

Proper noun

小(こ)口(ぐち) or 小口(proper) • (koguchi or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|こくち]]

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	口
お Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 小 (o, “small, little”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, mouth).

Proper noun

小(お)口(ぐち) or 小口(proper) • (oguchi or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|おくち]]

1. a surname