小家

小家

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (小家)		小	家
anagram		家小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎojiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎojiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujia
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gaa¹
    • Yale: síu gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ käː⁵⁵/

Noun

小家

1. low-status family; poor family
2. small denomination; undistinguished author

Antonyms

• 大家 (dàjiā)

Derived terms

小家子 小家子氣／小家子气 (xiǎojiāziqì) 小家氣／小家气 (xiǎojiāqì)

小家派 (xiǎojiāpài) 小家碧玉 (xiǎojiābìyù) 小家罕氣／小家罕气

Adjective

小家

1. (Cantonese) stingy; narrow-minded