一小撮

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	bring together; little bit; shovel bring together; little bit; shovel; gather up; pick
trad. (一小撮)		一	小	撮
simp. #(一小撮)		一	小	撮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīxiǎocuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ siu² cyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxiǎocuō [Phonetic: yìxiǎocuō]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisiǎocuo
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsiao³-tsʻo¹
    • Yale: yī-syǎu-tswō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: isheautsuo
    • Palladius: исяоцо (isjaoco)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīxiǎocuōr [Phonetic: yìxiǎocuōr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄛㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yisiǎocuor
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-hsiao³-tsʻo¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-syǎu-tswōr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: isheautsuol
    • Palladius: исяоцор (isjaocor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ siu² cyut³
    • Yale: yāt síu chyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ siu² tsyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xiu² qud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰyːt̚³/

Noun

一小撮

1. a handful

   一小撮糖  ―  yīxiǎocuō táng  ―  a pinch of sugar

2. (figuratively, officialese) a handful (of bad elements)

   一小撮反革命  ―  yīxiǎocuō fǎngémìng  ―  a handful of counterrevolutionaries

   • 現代中國人，除了一小撮反動分子以外，都是孫先生革命事業的繼承者。 [MSC, trad.]
     现代中国人，除了一小撮反动分子以外，都是孙先生革命事业的继承者。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《紀念孫中山先生》 (In Commemoration of Dr. Sun Yat-sen), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Xiàndài Zhōngguórén, chúle yīxiǎocuō fǎndòng fènzǐ yǐwài, dōu shì Sūn xiānsheng gémìng shìyè de jìchéngzhě. [Pinyin]

     Save for a handful of reactionaries, the people of contemporary China are all successors in the revolutionary cause to which Dr. Sun Yat-sen dedicated himself.

Synonyms

• (a handful): (Hokkien) 一簇仔