中小

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (中小)		中	小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄠˇ
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-sió

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngxiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongsheau
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sió
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-sió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsioir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕio⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ ɕio⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕio⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕio⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

中小

small to medium

Derived terms

中小型 (zhōngxiǎoxíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	小
ちゅう Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 中 (chū, "middle," "medium") + 小 (shō, "small," "little")

Noun

中小 (hiragana ちゅうしょう, rōmaji chūshō)

small to medium

Compounds

大中小 (daichūshō): large, medium, or small
中小企業 (chūshō kigyō): smaller companies
中小企業庁 (chūshō kigyō chō): the Japanese Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
中小諸国家 (chūshō sho-kokka): medium and small nations

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