小結

See also: 小结

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (小結)		小	結
simp. (小结)		小	结

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎojié

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² git³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-kiet / séu-kiat
Min Nan (POJ): sió-kiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xiǎojié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujye
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    ^edit
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    小節／小节
    小結／小结
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² git³
  - Yale: síu git
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² git⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gid³
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kiːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-kiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` gied`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ giad⁵
  - IPA: /se̯u³¹ ki̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-kiat
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` giad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ giad⁵
  - IPA: /se̯u³¹ ki̯at̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-kiat
  - Tâi-lô: sió-kiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'kiad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛt̚³²/

Noun

小結

summary; abstract; wrap-up
(medicine) nodule

Derived terms

聲帶小結／声带小结

Verb

小結

to summarize briefly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	結
こ Grade: 1	むすび Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ko̞mɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝbʲi]

Etymology

Origin uncertain. One theory holds that the term originally referred to the lowest rank eligible to appear in the “結びの一番” (musubi no ichiban), the final match of the day during a sumo tournament.

Noun

小結 (hiragana こむすび, rōmaji komusubi)

(sumo) komusubi, the fourth-highest rank in sumo, the lowest sanyaku rank
(sumo) an athlete holding the rank