小事

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (小事)		小	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щёсы (xi͡osɨ, II-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-sīr / sió-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyh
    • Palladius: сяоши (sjaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 小事 小視／小视

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshìhr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-shìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushell
    • Palladius: сяошир (sjaošir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щёсы (xi͡osɨ, II-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔː⁵¹ sz̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² si⁶
    • Yale: síu sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小事 小視／小视

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sū
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Noun

小事

1. trifle; trivial matter; minor thing

   你那麼能幹，絕不要被小事牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
   你那么能干，绝不要被小事牵累。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]

   You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.

   • 先是因為一些小事而被公司解僱，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，結果竟然因為被投訴成日找錯錢，老闆一氣之下把他辭退，最後連同居了五年的女朋友亦因為一腳踏兩船而分手！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     先是因为一些小事而被公司解雇，接着好不容易在便利店找到份part-time，结果竟然因为被投诉成日找错钱，老板一气之下把他辞退，最后连同居了五年的女朋友亦因为一脚踏两船而分手！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75

     sin¹ si⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ se¹ siu² si⁶ ji⁴ bei⁶ gung¹ si¹ gaai² gu³, zip³ zoek⁶ hou² bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ zoi⁶ bin⁶ lei⁶ dim³ zaau² dou³ fan⁶ paat¹ taai¹, git³ gwo² ging² jin⁴ jan¹ wai⁶ bei⁶ tau⁴ sou³ seng⁴ jat⁶ zaau² co³ cin^4-2, lou⁵ baan² jat¹ hei³ zi¹ haa⁶ baa² taa¹ ci⁴ teoi³, zeoi³ hau⁶ lin⁴ tung⁴ geoi¹ liu⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ dik¹ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ jik⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴ ji⁴ fan¹ sau²! [Jyutping]

     First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he kept giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing!

Synonyms

• (literary) 可事 (kěshì)

Antonyms

• 大事 (dàshì)

Derived terms

• 大事化小，小事化了 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo)
• 大事化小，小事化無／大事化小，小事化无 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	事
しょう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 小 (shō, "small," "minor") + 事 (ji, "affair," "something").

Noun

小(しょう)事(じ) • (shōji) 

1. a trifle, trifling matter