小聰明

小聰明

See also: 小聪明

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	clever; intelligent; smart clever; intelligent; smart; bright
trad. (小聰明)		小	聰明
simp. (小聪明)		小	聪明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎocōngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² cung¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎocōngmíng → xiǎocōngming (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄥ ˙ㄇㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautsong.ming
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² cung¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: síu chūng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsung¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² cung¹ ming⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

小聰明

1. (usually derogatory) petty trick