小語種

See also: 小语种

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	language type
trad. (小語種)		小	語種
simp. (小语种)		小	语种

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoyǔzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jyu⁵ zung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyǔzhǒng [Phonetic: xiǎoyúzhǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyǔjhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-yü³-chung³
    • Yale: syǎu-yǔ-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyeujoong
    • Palladius: сяоюйчжун (sjaojujčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jyu⁵ zung²
    • Yale: síu yúh júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jy⁵ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yu⁵ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

小語種

1. “minor language”, any of the infrequently studied languages, generally referring to languages other than Chinese and English, the two languages used by most people.
2. minority language