小中華

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	China
trad. (小中華)		小	中華
simp. (小中华)		小	中华

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎozhōnghuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zung¹ waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎozhōnghuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎojhonghuá
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-chung¹-hua²
    • Yale: Syǎu-jūng-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheaujonghwa
    • Palladius: Сяочжунхуа (Sjaočžunxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² zung¹ waa⁴
    • Yale: síu jūng wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzung¹ waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zung¹ wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹/

Proper noun

小中華

1. (historical) A term for a non-Chinese country which had nonetheless attained the heights of Chinese civilization, found in works from outside China.

   • 不意小中華尚禮義之邦、乃有極悖亂、至凶慘之變。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不意小中华尚礼义之邦、乃有极悖乱、至凶惨之变。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1785

     Bùyì xiǎozhōnghuá shàng lǐyì zhī bāng, nǎi yǒu jí bèiluàn, zhì xiōngcǎn zhī biàn. [Pinyin]

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Korean

Hanja in this term
小	中	華

Noun

小中華 • (sojunghwa) (hangeul 소중화)

1. Hanja form^? of 소중화 (“little China; a non-Chinese nation which has attained the heights of Chinese civilization”).