小可

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (小可)		小	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎokě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ho²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-khó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-khóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎokě [Phonetic: xiáokě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎokě
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kʻo³
    • Yale: syǎu-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaukee
    • Palladius: сяокэ (sjaokɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ho²
    • Yale: síu hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-khó
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` ko`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ ko³
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ kʰo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-khóa
    • Tâi-lô: sió-khuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qoar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁴¹/

Etymology 1

Noun

小可

1. something small and unimportant

Adjective

小可

1. of little importance; minor; unimportant
2. (Southern Min) just a little; just a few

Derived terms

• 不小可
• 小可仔
• 小可代
• 差小可
• 非同小可 (fēitóngxiǎokě)
• 非是小可的

 

Pronoun

小可

1. (dated, humble)​ your servant

Adverb

小可

1. (Southern Min) slightly; a little; somewhat

Synonyms

• 一些 (yīxiē)
• 多少 (duōshǎo)
• 小可仔 (Hokkien)
• 微微仔 (Hokkien)
• 拉圇／拉囵 (Hokkien)
• 普二略 (Hokkien)
• 普其略 (Hokkien)
• 普普仔 (Hokkien)
• 有些 (yǒuxiē)
• 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
• 略仔 (Hokkien)
• 略微 (lüèwēi)
• 略為／略为 (lüèwéi)
• 略略 (lüèlüè)
• 略略仔 (Hokkien)
• 稍
• 稍微 (shāowēi)
• 稍為／稍为 (shāowéi)
• 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
• 粗粗 (Hakka)
• 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
• 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頗略仔／颇略仔 (Hokkien)
• 麻微 (Hokkien)
• 麻文 (Hokkien)

 

Etymology 2

Short for 小杯 + 可樂／可乐 (kělè).

Noun

小可

1. small Coke

See also

• 大可 (dàkě)
• 中可 (zhōngkě)