小夜曲

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	nocturne
simp. and trad. (小夜曲)		小	夜曲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyèqū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² je⁶ kuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-iā-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyèqū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyècyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yeh⁴-chʻü¹
    • Yale: syǎu-yè-chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyehchiu
    • Palladius: сяоецюй (sjaojecjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² je⁶ kuk¹
    • Yale: síu yeh kūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² je⁶ kuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yé⁶ kug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɛː²² kʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-iā-khek
    • Tâi-lô: sió-iā-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyiaxqeg
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ia³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ia³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

小夜曲

1. serenade

   《月半小夜曲》 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   “jyut⁶ bun³ siu² je⁶ kuk¹” [Jyutping]

   "Half-Moon Serenade"

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	夜	曲
しょう Grade: 1	や Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーや​きょく [shòóyáꜜkyòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːja̠kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

小(しょう)夜(や)曲(きょく) • (shōyakyoku) ^{←せうやきょく (seuyakyoku)?}

1. serenade

Synonyms

• セレナーデ (serenāde), セレナード (serenādo), 夜曲(やきょく) (yakyoku)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	夜	曲
さ Grade: 1	よ Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi

小夜 (sayo, “night”) +‎ 曲 (kyoku, “song”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さよ​きょく [sàyóꜜkyòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠jo̞kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

小(さ)夜(よ)曲(きょく) • (sayokyoku) 

1. serenade