小宇宙

小宇宙

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	universe; cosmos; macrocosm universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
simp. and trad. (小宇宙)		小	宇宙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyǔzhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎoyǔzhòu [Phonetic: xiáoyǔzhòu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyeujow
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

小宇宙

1. microcosm

   Antonyms: 大宇宙 (dàyǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小宇宙):

• → Japanese: 小 (しょう)宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう) (shōuchū)
• → Korean: 소우주 (小宇宙, souju)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	宇	宙
しょう Grade: 1	う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

小 (“small”) +‎ 宇宙 (“space”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

小宇宙 (hiragana しょううちゅう, rōmaji shōuchū)

1. the innerverse; the microcosm

Antonyms

• 大宇宙 (だいうちゅう) (daiuchū): macrocosm

See also

• 小宇宙 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Microcosm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia