小川

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (小川)		小	川

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiǎochuān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎochuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎochuan
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Syǎu-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheauchuan
  - Palladius: Сяочуань (Sjaočuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² cyun¹
  - Yale: síu chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

小川

An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 小川, Ogawa
(～鄉) Xiaochuan (a township in Maojian district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	川
お Grade: 1	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 小 (o, "little," "nice") + 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook").

Noun

小(お)川(がわ) • (ogawa)

brook, streamlet, stream, creek

Proper noun

小(お)川(がわ) • (Ogawa)

a surname

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