小犬

小犬

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	dog
simp. and trad. (小犬)		小	犬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoquǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hyun²
• Min Nan (POJ): siáu-khián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎoquǎn [Phonetic: xiáoquǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaucheuan
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hyun²
    • Yale: síu hyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hün²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hyːn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-khián
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-khián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'qiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁴¹/

Noun

小犬

1. (a self deprecatory term) my son
2. puppy

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	犬
こ Grade: 1	いぬ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 子犬
• 仔犬

Noun

小犬 (hiragana こいぬ, rōmaji koinu)

1. puppy
2. small dog

Derived terms

• 小犬座