"幺" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /iau⁵⁵/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i̯eu̯²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /io⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /au⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /io³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /au³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /io⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /au⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /io⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /au⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iɤ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /au⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /iau³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /iau⁵⁵/, /jiːu̯⁵⁵/, /i̯eu̯²⁴/, /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/, /io⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/, /io³³/, /au³³/, /io⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/, /io⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/, /iɤ⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/, /iau³³/, /iɔ⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: yāo [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], āo [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], yao¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ao¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄧㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yao¹ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], jiu¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yêu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], io [Hokkien, POJ], au [Hokkien, POJ], iao¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹iau, yāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄧㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], yao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yāu [Mandarin, Yale], iau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яо [Mandarin, Palladius], jao [Mandarin, Palladius], āo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], āu [Mandarin, Yale], au [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ао [Mandarin, Palladius], ao [Mandarin, Palladius], iao [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], yīu [Cantonese, Yale], jiu¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yêu [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ieu´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yeu¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yêu [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], ieu´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], yeu¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], io [Hokkien, Tai-lo], au [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ioy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], aw [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], iau [POJ, Teochew], ¹iau [Wu], iau^平 [Wu], /iɔ⁵³/ [Wu], 'ew [Middle-Chinese], /*ʔˤ[i]w/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*qiːw/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 幺
  1. tiny; minute
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-kd~CHhn-
  2. youngest
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-ScKaxjTN
  3. (dialectal) one Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-dpLDrTVA
  4. one (used to reduce ambiguity when saying the numeral 1, especially on the phone, when reading an ID card, in aviation, or in the military)
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-MePLiIxF Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 0 41 2 8 9 36 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 3 4 0 37 5 12 15 24
  5. ace; one on dice or dominoes
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-eRsFApm3
  6. (mathematics) related to number 1 Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-Cpla7Qyh Topics: mathematics, sciences
  7. a surname
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames
  8. (Mainland China) yocto- (SI unit prefix) Tags: Mainland-China Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-幺-zh-character-QrTU1CuC Categories (other): Mainland China Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 0 41 2 8 9 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 介/仄, 攸/幺, 絨/柔, 绒/柔
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 么二, 么二三的, 么喝, 么女 (yāonǚ), 么師, 么师, 么末, 么篇, 么絃, 么弦, 么麼 (yāomó), 么么 (yāomó), 么麼小丑, 么么小丑, 六幺 (Liùyāo), 六么 (Liùyāo), 十三幺 (shísānyāo), 告么, 呼么喝六, 喝六呼么, 小么兒, 小么儿, 幺兒 (yāo'ér), 么兒 (yāo'ér), 幺匿 (yāonì), 幺溝 (Yāogōu), 幺沟 (Yāogōu), 么沟 (Yāogōu), 弄鬼妝么, 弄鬼妆么, 挑么挑六, 清么, 老幺 (lǎoyāo), 老么 (lǎoyāo), 臭么, 裝么, 装么, 么 is used instead of 幺 in mahjong and as a surname. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian says '幺' and '么' are different characters. (alt: 《现代汉语规范词典》)

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      "word": "么二"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么二三的"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么喝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yāonǚ",
      "word": "么女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么師"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么师"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么末"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么篇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么絃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么弦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yāomó",
      "word": "么麼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yāomó",
      "word": "么么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么麼小丑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "么么小丑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Liùyāo",
      "word": "六幺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Liùyāo",
      "word": "六么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shísānyāo",
      "word": "十三幺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "告么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "呼么喝六"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "喝六呼么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "小么兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "小么儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yāo'ér",
      "word": "幺兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yāo'ér",
      "word": "么兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yāonì",
      "word": "幺匿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yāogōu",
      "word": "幺溝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yāogōu",
      "word": "幺沟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yāogōu",
      "word": "么沟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "弄鬼妝么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "弄鬼妆么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "挑么挑六"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "清么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoyāo",
      "word": "老幺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoyāo",
      "word": "老么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "臭么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "裝么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "装么"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "《现代汉语规范词典》",
      "word": "么 is used instead of 幺 in mahjong and as a surname. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian says '幺' and '么' are different characters."
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "介/仄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "攸/幺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "絨/柔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绒/柔"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "small; minute",
          "roman": "yāomó",
          "text": "幺麼/幺麽",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tiny; minute"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "minute",
          "minute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "老幺 ― lǎoyāo ― informal manner of referring to the last (youngest) child in a family",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "youngest"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-ScKaxjTN",
      "links": [
        [
          "youngest",
          "youngest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "one"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-dpLDrTVA",
      "links": [
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) one"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "1 2 0 41 2 8 9 36",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 0 37 5 12 15 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with raw sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one (used to reduce ambiguity when saying the numeral 1, especially on the phone, when reading an ID card, in aviation, or in the military)"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-MePLiIxF",
      "links": [
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ace; one on dice or dominoes"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-eRsFApm3",
      "links": [
        [
          "ace",
          "ace"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ],
        [
          "dominoes",
          "dominoes"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "zh:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "unity",
          "roman": "yāoyuán",
          "text": "幺元",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "related to number 1"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-Cpla7Qyh",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) related to number 1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mainland China Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 0 41 2 8 9 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yocto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "id": "en-幺-zh-character-QrTU1CuC",
      "links": [
        [
          "yocto-",
          "yocto-"
        ],
        [
          "SI unit",
          "Appendix:SI units#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mainland China) yocto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "攸"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "au"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "au"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "au"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ioy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/iɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ʔˤ[i]w/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qiːw/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[i]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qiːw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "幺"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "么二"
    },
    {
      "word": "么二三的"
    },
    {
      "word": "么喝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāonǚ",
      "word": "么女"
    },
    {
      "word": "么師"
    },
    {
      "word": "么师"
    },
    {
      "word": "么末"
    },
    {
      "word": "么篇"
    },
    {
      "word": "么絃"
    },
    {
      "word": "么弦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāomó",
      "word": "么麼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāomó",
      "word": "么么"
    },
    {
      "word": "么麼小丑"
    },
    {
      "word": "么么小丑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Liùyāo",
      "word": "六幺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Liùyāo",
      "word": "六么"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shísānyāo",
      "word": "十三幺"
    },
    {
      "word": "告么"
    },
    {
      "word": "呼么喝六"
    },
    {
      "word": "喝六呼么"
    },
    {
      "word": "小么兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "小么儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāo'ér",
      "word": "幺兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāo'ér",
      "word": "么兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāonì",
      "word": "幺匿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yāogōu",
      "word": "幺溝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yāogōu",
      "word": "幺沟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yāogōu",
      "word": "么沟"
    },
    {
      "word": "弄鬼妝么"
    },
    {
      "word": "弄鬼妆么"
    },
    {
      "word": "挑么挑六"
    },
    {
      "word": "清么"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoyāo",
      "word": "老幺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoyāo",
      "word": "老么"
    },
    {
      "word": "臭么"
    },
    {
      "word": "裝么"
    },
    {
      "word": "装么"
    },
    {
      "alt": "《现代汉语规范词典》",
      "word": "么 is used instead of 幺 in mahjong and as a surname. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian says '幺' and '么' are different characters."
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "幺",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "介/仄"
    },
    {
      "word": "攸/幺"
    },
    {
      "word": "絨/柔"
    },
    {
      "word": "绒/柔"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "small; minute",
          "roman": "yāomó",
          "text": "幺麼/幺麽",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tiny; minute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "minute",
          "minute"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "老幺 ― lǎoyāo ― informal manner of referring to the last (youngest) child in a family",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "youngest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "youngest",
          "youngest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) one"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one (used to reduce ambiguity when saying the numeral 1, especially on the phone, when reading an ID card, in aviation, or in the military)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ace; one on dice or dominoes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ace",
          "ace"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ],
        [
          "dice",
          "dice"
        ],
        [
          "dominoes",
          "dominoes"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "zh:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "unity",
          "roman": "yāoyuán",
          "text": "幺元",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "related to number 1"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) related to number 1"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mainland China Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yocto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yocto-",
          "yocto-"
        ],
        [
          "SI unit",
          "Appendix:SI units#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mainland China) yocto- (SI unit prefix)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "攸"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "au"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "āu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "au"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "au"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ioy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aw"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹iau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/iɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ʔˤ[i]w/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qiːw/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔ⁵³/"
    },
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      "other": "[i]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qiːw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "幺"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.