小彩

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (小彩)		小	彩

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): siǎu-chǒ
• Eastern Min (BUC): siēu-chāi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-chhái

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǎu-chǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²¹ t͡sʰo²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-chāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒai³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/

Noun

小彩

1. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien) tip; gratuity

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小費 (“tip; gratuity”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小費, 小賬, 茶錢 dated
Mandarin	Beijing	小櫃兒
	Taiwan	小費
	Singapore	小費
Cantonese	Guangzhou	貼士, 小費
	Hong Kong	貼士
Hakka	Meixian	小費
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小彩
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小彩
Southern Min	Xiamen	小彩, 小費
	Taipei	chit-puh GT, 小費 GT, 小彩 GT
	Shantou	小費
Wu	Shanghai	小費, 小賬, 司冒而 dated
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)