小結

See also: 小结

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (小結)		小	結
simp. (小结)		小	结

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎojié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² git³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-kiet / séu-kiat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-kiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojié
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chieh²
    • Yale: syǎu-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujye
    • Palladius: сяоцзе (sjaocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 小節／小节 小結／小结

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² git³
    • Yale: síu git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-kiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` gied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ ki̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-kiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` giad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ ki̯at̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-kiat
    • Tâi-lô: sió-kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'kiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɛt̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小結

1. summary; abstract; wrap-up
2. (medicine) nodule

Verb

小結

1. to summarize briefly

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	結
こ Grade: 1	むすび Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Origin uncertain. One theory holds that the term originally referred to the lowest rank eligible to appear in the “結びの一番” (musubi no ichiban), the final match of the day during a sumo tournament.

Noun

小(こ)結(むすび) • (komusubi) 

1. (sumo) komusubi, the fourth-highest rank in sumo, the lowest sanyaku rank
2. (sumo) an athlete holding the rank

See also

• 関脇(せきわけ) (sekiwake, “sekiwake”), the third-highest rank in sumo
• 大関(おおぜき) (ōzeki, “ozeki”), the second-highest rank
• 横綱(よこづな) (yokozuna, “yokozuna”), an honorary title for the highest rank