渺小

Chinese

		vague; remote	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (渺小/藐小/眇小)		渺/藐/眇	小
simp. (渺小)		渺	小
alternative forms		杪小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎoxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ siu²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biáu-siáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎoxiǎo [Phonetic: miáoxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎosiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: miao³-hsiao³
    • Yale: myǎu-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meausheau
    • Palladius: мяосяо (mjaosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: miu⁵ siu²
    • Yale: míuh síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³ siːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu-siáu
    • Tâi-lô: biáu-siáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biawsiao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjiewX sjewX

Rime
Character	渺	小
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	亡沼切	私兆切
Baxter	mjiewX	sjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇuX/	/siᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛuX/	/siɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæuX/	/sjæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miawX/	/siawX/
Li Rong	/miɛuX/	/siɛuX/
Wang Li	/mĭɛuX/	/sĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛuX/	/si̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo	xiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu5	siu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ  [s]ewʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ  smewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	渺	小
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo	xiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mjiewX ›	‹ sjewX ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ewʔ/	/*[s]ewʔ/
English	vast (of water)	small
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	渺	小
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13695	13705
Phonetic component	小	小
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	眇	小
Old Chinese	/*mewʔ/	/*smewʔ/
Notes		甲金文象沙而指小， 指事字

Adjective

渺小

1. minute; tiny; paltry; negligible; insignificant

Synonyms

• 微小 (wēixiǎo)

Antonyms

• 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)