小世界

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	world; realm governed by a Buddha
simp. and trad. (小世界)		小	世界
Literally: “minor world-system”.

A view from above of a minor world with Mount Sumeru in the center surrounded by the Four Continents.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎo shìjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo shìjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo shìhjiè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³ shih⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: syǎu shr̀-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau shyhjieh
    • Palladius: сяо шицзе (sjao šicze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewX syejH keajH

Rime
Character	小	世	界
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	祭 (35)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II
Fanqie	私兆切	舒制切	古拜切
Baxter	sjewX	syejH	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuX/	/ɕiᴇiH/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/ɕjæiH/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/ɕiajH/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/ɕiɛiH/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/ɕĭɛiH/	/kɐiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	shì	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	sai3	gaai3

Noun

小世界

1. (Buddhism) a single world (including a singular Mount Sumeru, sun, and moon).

See also

• 小千世界 (xiǎo qiān shìjiè)
• 中千世界 (zhōng qiān shìjiè)
• 大千世界 (dàqiānshìjiè)
• 三千大千世界 (sānqiān-dàqiān-shìjiè)