小城

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (小城)		小	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎochéng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-sàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochéng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻêng²
  - Yale: syǎu-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaucherng
  - Palladius: сяочэн (sjaočɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小乘
    小城
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² sing⁴
  - Yale: síu sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-sàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` sangˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ sang²
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ saŋ¹¹/

Middle Chinese: sjewX dzyeng

Rime
Character	小	城
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	私兆切	是征切
Baxter	sjewX	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu^X/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu^X/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu^X/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw^X/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/siɛu^X/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu^X/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu^X/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu²	sing⁴

Noun

小城

small town

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 小城(おぎ) (Ogi).

Proper noun

小城

(～市) Ogi (a city in Saga Prefecture, Japan)

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