小名

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
simp. and trad. (小名)		小	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ming⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sió-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎomíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauming
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎomíngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumiengl
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mjɤ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ming⁴
    • Yale: síu mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ming⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: sió-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioymiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã²³/

Noun

小名

1. childhood name
2. pet name; hypocorism

Synonyms

• (childhood name): 奶名 (nǎimíng), 乳名 (rǔmíng)