小九九

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	multiplication table; nine-nine; eighty-one multiplication table; nine-nine; eighty-one; nine nines
simp. and trad. (小九九)		小	九九

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎojiǔjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gau² gau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojiǔjiǔ [Phonetic: xiǎojiújiǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojiǒujiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chiu³-chiu³
    • Yale: syǎu-jyǒu-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujeoujeou
    • Palladius: сяоцзюцзю (sjaoczjuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojiǔjiǔr [Phonetic: xiǎojiújiǔr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojiǒujiǒur
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chiu³-chiu³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-jyǒu-jyǒur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujeoujeoul
    • Palladius: сяоцзюцзюр (sjaoczjuczjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gau² gau²
    • Yale: síu gáu gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gau² gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² geo² geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

小九九

1. multiplication table; nine-nine
2. (figuratively) selfish calculations; plot in mind

Synonyms

• (multiplication table):

Dialectal synonyms of 九九歌 (“multiplication table; nine-nine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		九九歌, 小九九
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小九九兒
	Singapore	九九乘法表
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小九九兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小九九
Cantonese	Guangzhou	九因歌
	Hong Kong	九因歌
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	九因歌
Wu	Danyang	大九九

• (selfish calculations): 算計／算计 (suànjì), 小算盤／小算盘 (xiǎosuànpan), 小加九