小節

See also: 小节

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
trad. (小節)		小	節
simp. (小节)		小	节

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎojié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-chiat / sió-chat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojié
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chieh²
    • Yale: syǎu-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujye
    • Palladius: сяоцзе (sjaocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 小節 / 小节 小結 / 小结

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² zit³
    • Yale: síu jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chiat
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyciad
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chat
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyzad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sat̚³²/

Noun

小節

1. trivial matter
2. (music) bar; measure
3. paragraph; small passage

Synonyms

• (trivial matter):

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• 字眼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 末節 / 末节 (mòjié)
• 瑣事 / 琐事 (suǒshì)
• 細節 / 细节 (xìjié)
• 詳情 / 详情 (xiángqíng)

Derived terms

• 不修小節 / 不修小节
• 不守小節 / 不守小节
• 不完全小節 / 不完全小节
• 不拘小節 / 不拘小节 (bùjūxiǎojié)
• 小節目 / 小节目
• 小節線 / 小节线

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	節
こ Grade: 1	ふし > ぶし Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小節 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 小(こ) (ko, “small”) + 節(ふし) (fushi, “node; section; melody”).

First cited to a text from 1633.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こぶし [kòbúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

小(こ)節(ぶし) • (kobushi) 

1. [from 1633] a small knot in wood; lumber or timber with small knots
2. [from 1872] a small piece of 鰹節 (katsuo-bushi, “hard-dried skipjack tuna”)
3. [from 1902] (singing) a portion of the melody in traditional Japanese singing (as well as kayōkyoku, enka) that uses melisma

   小(こ)節(ぶし)を回(まわ)す

   kobushi o mawasu

   to use melisma in the melody

See also

• ぐいん (guin, “a Ryukyuan type of melisma”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	節
しょう Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
小節 (kyūjitai)

Noun

小(しょう)節(せつ) • (shōsetsu) 

1. a small part of a matter
2. petty morality
3. a short pause
4. (music) a bar, a measure

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小	節

Noun

小節

1. chữ Hán form of tiểu tiết (“trivia”).