小雅

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	elegant
trad. (小雅)		小	雅
simp. #(小雅)		小	雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎoyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ngaa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎoyǎ [Phonetic: xiáoyǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎoyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-ya³
    • Yale: Syǎu-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheauyea
    • Palladius: Сяоя (Sjaoja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ngaa⁵
    • Yale: síu ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ ŋaː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjewX ngaeX

Rime
Character	小	雅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	私兆切	五下切
Baxter	sjewX	ngaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇuX/	/ŋˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛuX/	/ŋᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæuX/	/ŋaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siawX/	/ŋaɨX/
Li Rong	/siɛuX/	/ŋaX/
Wang Li	/sĭɛuX/	/ŋaX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛuX/	/ŋaX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo	yǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	ngaa5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ  N-ɢˤraʔ|[N-ɢ]ˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ  ŋraːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	小	雅	雅
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎo	yǎ	yǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ sjewX ›	‹ ngæX ›	‹ ngæX ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ewʔ/	/*N-ɢˁraʔ/	/*[N-ɢ]ˁraʔ/
English	small	proper, refined	kind of musical instrument
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	雅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13705	14182
Phonetic component	小	牙
Rime group	宵	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	小	雅
Old Chinese	/*smewʔ/	/*ŋraːʔ/
Notes	甲金文象沙而指小， 指事字

Proper noun

小雅

1. Lesser Court Hymns (a section of the Classic of Poetry)