小薯
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Chinese
[edit]small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
potato; yam | ||
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trad. (小薯) | 小 | 薯 | |
simp. #(小薯) | 小 | 薯 |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of English small potatoes.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 syu4
- Yale: síu syùh
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 sy4
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 xu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ syː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]小薯
- (Hong Kong, of a person) small potatoes