小丑

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	2nd earthly branch; 1–3 a.m.; clown 2nd earthly branch; 1–3 a.m.; clown; surname
trad. (小丑)		小	丑
simp. #(小丑)		小	丑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎochǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² cau²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sió-thiú / siáu-thiú / sió-thiúⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou² tiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochǒu [Phonetic: xiáochǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻou³
    • Yale: syǎu-chǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchoou
    • Palladius: сяочоу (sjaočou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小丑兒／小丑儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochǒur [Phonetic: xiáochǒur]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochǒur
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻou³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-chǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchooul
    • Palladius: сяочоур (sjaočour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² cau²
    • Yale: síu cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ceo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-thiú
    • Tâi-lô: sió-thiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'tiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-thiú
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-thiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'tiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-thiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sió-thiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'tviuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiũ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou² tiu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu thiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

小丑

1. clown

Derived terms

• 么麼小丑
• 小丑竟是我自己
• 小丑魚／小丑鱼 (xiǎochǒuyú)
• 跳樑小丑／跳梁小丑 (tiàoliángxiǎochǒu)