小國

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	country; state; nation
trad. (小國)		小	國
simp. (小国)		小	国
anagram		國小／国小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoguó
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kuo²
    • Yale: syǎu-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaugwo
    • Palladius: сяого (sjaogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewX kwok

Rime
Character	小	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	德 (132)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	私兆切	古或切
Baxter	sjewX	kwok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuX/	/kwək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/kʷək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/kuək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/kwək̚/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/kuək̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/kuək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/kwək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	gwak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ  [C.q]ʷˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ  kʷɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	小	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎo	guó
Middle Chinese	‹ sjewX ›	‹ kwok ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ewʔ/	/*[C.q]ʷˁək/
English	small	state (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	小	國
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13705	5547
Phonetic component	小	或
Rime group	宵	職
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	小	國
Old Chinese	/*smewʔ/	/*kʷɯːɡ/
Notes	甲金文象沙而指小， 指事字

Noun

小國

1. small country; small nation

Antonyms

• 大國／大国 (dàguó)

Derived terms

• 小國寡民／小国寡民 (xiǎoguóguǎmín)
• 波羅的海三小國／波罗的海三小国