小家

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (小家)		小	家
anagram		家小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎojiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojia
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chia¹
    • Yale: syǎu-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujia
    • Palladius: сяоцзя (sjaoczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gaa¹
    • Yale: síu gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

小家

1. low-status family; poor family
2. small denomination; undistinguished author

Antonyms

• 大家 (dàjiā)

Derived terms

• 小家子
• 小家子氣／小家子气 (xiǎojiāziqì)
• 小家氣／小家气 (xiǎojiāqì)
• 小家派 (xiǎojiāpài)
• 小家碧玉 (xiǎojiābìyù)
• 小家罕氣／小家罕气

 

Adjective

小家

1. (Cantonese) stingy; mean; ungenerous
2. (Cantonese) small-minded; petty

Synonyms

• (small-minded): 小家子氣／小家子气 (xiǎojiāziqì), (Cantonese) 小氣／小气 (siu2 hei3)