小我

小我

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	I; me
simp. and trad. (小我)		小	我

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎowǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ngo⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎowǒ [Phonetic: xiáowǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎowǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-wo³
    • Yale: syǎu-wǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauwoo
    • Palladius: сяово (sjaovo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ngo⁵
    • Yale: síu ngóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ngo⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ngo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ ŋɔː¹³/

Noun

小我

1. the individual (as opposed to the country, the organization, etc.)

Antonyms

• 大我 (dàwǒ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	我
しょう Grade: 1	が Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーが [shóꜜògà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡa̠]

Noun

小(しょう)我(が) • (shōga) ^{←せうが (seuga)?}

1. (Buddhism) an unenlightened person; one invested in one's own ego

   Antonym: 大我 (taiga)

2. self, ego

   小我(しょうが)にとらわれる

   shōga ni torawareru

   to be trapped in ego

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN