小事

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (小事)		小	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sió-sīr / sió-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xiǎoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    小事
    小視／小视
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎoshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushell
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩əɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: siu² si⁶
  - Yale: síu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    小視／小视
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sū
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Noun

小事

trifle; trifling matter

Antonyms

大事 (dàshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	事
しょう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 小 (shō, "small," "minor") + 事 (ji, "affair," "something")

Noun

小事 (hiragana しょうじ, rōmaji shōji)

a trifle, trifling matter

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