小丑

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	2nd earthly branch; 1–3 a.m.; clown 2nd earthly branch; 1–3 a.m.; clown; surname
trad. (小丑)		小	丑
simp. ^#(小丑)		小	丑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎochǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² cau²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sió-thiú / siáu-thiú / sió-thiúⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): siou² tiu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochǒu [Phonetic: xiáochǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochǒu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻou³
  - Yale: syǎu-chǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchoou
  - Palladius: сяочоу (sjaočou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小丑兒／小丑儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎochǒur [Phonetic: xiáochǒur]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎochǒur
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻou³-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎu-chǒur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauchooul
  - Palladius: сяочоур (sjaočour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² cau²
  - Yale: síu cháu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² tsau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ceo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-thiú
  - Tâi-lô: sió-thiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'tiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-thiú
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-thiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'tiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-thiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sió-thiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'tviuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiũ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siou² tiu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sióu thiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

小丑

clown

Derived terms