小日子

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	date; day; time
simp. and trad. (小日子)		小	日子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎorìzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jat⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎorìzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎorìhzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-jih⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-r̀-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauryh.tzy
    • Palladius: сяожицзы (sjaožiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎorìzir
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ˙ㄗㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎorìhzi̊hr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-jih⁴-tzŭ⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-r̀-dzir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauryh.tzel
    • Palladius: сяожицзыр (sjaožiczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩ɻ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jat⁶ zi²
    • Yale: síu yaht jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jat⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yed⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐt̚² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

小日子

1. easy life of a small family; cosy life of a couple
2. (Internet slang, derogatory) Japan; the Japanese