小口

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (小口)		小	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎokǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hau²
Min Nan (POJ): sió-kháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎokǒu [Phonetic: xiáokǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaukoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² hau²
  - Yale: síu háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² heo²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: sió-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰaʊ⁴¹/

Adjective

小口

(Min Nan) eating little, eating like a bird

伊真小口，食半碗飯就飽矣。 [Min Nan, trad.]
伊真小口，食半碗饭就饱矣。 [Min Nan, simp.]
I chin sió-kháu, chia̍h pòaⁿ óaⁿ pn̄g tō pá--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
He eats very little; he was already full after eating half a bowl of rice.

Synonyms

小食 (xiǎoshí)
細食／细食

Antonyms

大食 (Dàshí)

Noun

小口

small mouth

櫻桃小口 / 樱桃小口 ― yīngtáo xiǎokǒu ― a small cherry-like mouth
small opening, small entrance, aperture
container with a small opening
child; minor

References

“Entry #237”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	口
こ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, mouth).

Noun

小口 (hiragana こぐち, rōmaji koguchi)

small lot, small sum, small amount
end, edge, cut end, beginning
clue
section

Derived terms

小口扱 (こぐちあつか)い (koguchiatsukai): small lot consignment
小口現金 (こぐちげんきん) (koguchi genkin): petty cash

Related terms

小 (しょう)口 (こう)径 (けい) (shōkōkei): small caliber

Proper noun

小口 (hiragana こぐち, rōmaji Koguchi)

A surname.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	口
お Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 小 (o, “small, little”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, mouth).

Proper noun

小口 (hiragana おぐち, rōmaji Oguchi)

A surname.

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