小強
See also: 小强
Chinese
small; tiny; few; young |
strength; force; power; powerful; better | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小強) | 小 | 強 | |
| simp. (小强) | 小 | 强 | |
| Literally: “little Qiang (given name)”. | |||
Etymology
From the 1993 Cantonese film Flirting Scholar, in which the scholar Tong Pak-Fu (played by Stephen Chow) wittily and affectionately called a cockroach, which was accidentally trampled to death, the name of “little Qiang” as if it were a pet of his.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchyang
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: siu2 koeng4
- Yale: síu kèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 koeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 kêng4
- IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ kʰœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xiau jjian (T2)
- IPA (key): /ɕiɔ³³ d̥͡ʑiã⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
Noun
小強
Synonyms
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