"小巧" meaning in Chinese

See 小巧 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siːu̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /siːu̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/, /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁵³/, /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/, /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: xiǎoqiǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], siu² haau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], siáu-khiáu, sió-khá, xiǎoqiǎo [Phonetic:xiáoqiǎo] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], siǎociǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsiao³-chʻiao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syǎu-chyǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], sheaucheau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сяоцяо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjaocjao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], síu háau [Cantonese, Yale], siu² haau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], xiu² hao² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], siáu-khiáu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], siáu-khiáu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], siaw'qiao [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], sió-khá [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sió-khá [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sioy'qar [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 小巧
  1. small and exquisite; delicate; compact; nifty Derived forms: 小巧玲瓏 (xiǎoqiǎolínglóng), 小巧玲珑 (xiǎoqiǎolínglóng)
    Sense id: en-小巧-zh-adj-KT3iu79n Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "xiǎoqiǎolínglóng",
          "word": "小巧玲瓏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiǎoqiǎolínglóng",
          "word": "小巧玲珑"
        }
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      ],
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          "small",
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        ],
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          "exquisite",
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        ],
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          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ],
        [
          "compact",
          "compact"
        ],
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          "nifty",
          "nifty"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎoqiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² haau²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "siáu-khiáu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sió-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎoqiǎo [Phonetic:xiáoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siǎociǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsiao³-chʻiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syǎu-chyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheaucheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяоцяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjaocjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "síu háau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² haau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu² hao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-khiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-khiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siaw'qiao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sioy'qar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: xiáoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "小巧"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "xiǎoqiǎolínglóng",
      "word": "小巧玲瓏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiǎoqiǎolínglóng",
      "word": "小巧玲珑"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 巧",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "small and exquisite; delicate; compact; nifty"
      ],
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        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "exquisite",
          "exquisite"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ],
        [
          "compact",
          "compact"
        ],
        [
          "nifty",
          "nifty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎoqiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² haau²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "siáu-khiáu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sió-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiǎoqiǎo [Phonetic:xiáoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siǎociǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsiao³-chʻiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syǎu-chyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheaucheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяоцяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjaocjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "síu háau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siu² haau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiu² hao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-khiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siáu-khiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siaw'qiao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sió-khá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sioy'qar"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: xiáoqiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ haːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰa⁵³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "小巧"
}

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