See 小日本 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "siu² jat⁶ bun²"
},
{
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xiǎorìběn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ"
},
{
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "siǎorìhběn"
},
{
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsiao³-jih⁴-pên³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syǎu-r̀-běn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "sheauryhbeen"
},
{
"roman": "sjaožibɛnʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "сяожибэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇㄦ"
},
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"Erhua",
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"zh_pron": "hsiao³-jih⁴-pên³-ʼrh"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
"Yale"
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],
"zh_pron": "sheauryhbeel"
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"Erhua",
"Palladius"
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"zh_pron": "сяожибэньр"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "siu² jat⁶ bun²"
},
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "síu yaht bún"
},
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"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "siu² jat⁹ bun²"
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xiu² yed⁶ bun²"
},
{
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"Guangzhou",
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},
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"Bopomofo"
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"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ"
},
{
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"Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "siu² jat⁶ bun²"
},
{
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"zh_pron": "xiǎorìběn"
},
{
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsiao³-jih⁴-pên³"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
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"zh_pron": "syǎu-r̀-běn"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
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"zh_pron": "sheauryhbeen"
},
{
"roman": "sjaožibɛnʹ",
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
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"zh_pron": "сяожибэнь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Erhua",
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"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇㄦ"
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"Erhua",
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"zh_pron": "hsiao³-jih⁴-pên³-ʼrh"
},
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Erhua",
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],
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},
{
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"zh_pron": "sheauryhbeel"
},
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],
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},
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"zh_pron": "siu² jat⁶ bun²"
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"Guangzhou",
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"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xiu² yed⁶ bun²"
},
{
"ipa": "/siːu̯³⁵ jɐt̚² puːn³⁵/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
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"word": "小日本"
}
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