小灶

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	kitchen stove
trad. (小灶/小竈)		小	灶/竈
simp. (小灶)		小	灶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎozào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-chàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsao⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzaw
    • Palladius: сяоцзао (sjaoczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小灶兒／小灶儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozàor
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-dzàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzawl
    • Palladius: сяоцзаор (sjaoczaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² zou³
    • Yale: síu jou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chàu
    • Tâi-lô: sió-tsàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyzaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau²¹/

Noun

小灶

1. (literal) small mess; mess hall where higher grade food is prepared and served to a restricted group of diners
2. (figurative) special treatment

Derived terms

• 吃小灶 (chī xiǎozào)