小日本

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan
simp. and trad. (小日本)		小	日本
Literally: “little Japan”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎorìběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jat⁶ bun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎorìběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎorìhběn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-jih⁴-pên³
    • Yale: syǎu-r̀-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauryhbeen
    • Palladius: сяожибэнь (sjaožibɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小日本兒／小日本儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎorìběnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎorìhběnr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-jih⁴-pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-r̀-běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauryhbeel
    • Palladius: сяожибэньр (sjaožibɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jat⁶ bun²
    • Yale: síu yaht bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jat⁹ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yed⁶ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐt̚² puːn³⁵/

Noun

小日本

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) the Japanese