小乘

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride
simp. and trad. (小乘)		小	乘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎochéng, xiǎoshèng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sing⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: xiǎochéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaucherng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小乘
    小城
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎoshèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushenq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² sing⁶
  - Yale: síu sihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sing⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xing⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²²/

Noun

小乘

(Buddhism) Hinayana; the small vehicle
A pejorative term to describe early Buddhism or Theravada Buddhism

Related terms

上座部 (Theravada)
大乘 (Mahayana)

References

小乘佛教 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Hinayana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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