小穴

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	hole; cave
trad. (小穴)		小	穴
simp. #(小穴)		小	穴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxué, xiǎoxuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxué
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosyué
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsüeh²
    • Yale: syǎu-sywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyue
    • Palladius: сяосюэ (sjaosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosyuè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushiueh
    • Palladius: сяосюэ (sjaosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewX hwet

Rime
Character	小	穴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	私兆切	胡決切
Baxter	sjewX	hwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuX/	/ɦwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/ɦʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/ɣuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/ɦwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/ɣuet̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/ɣiwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/ɣiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	xué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	jyut6

Noun

小穴

1. small hole or cave
2. (vulgar) vagina