少子化

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (少子化)		少	子	化
simp. #(少子化)		少	子	化

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化(しょうしか) (shōshika).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎozǐhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-chú-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎozǐhuà [Phonetic: sháozǐhuà]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎozǐhhuà
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-tzŭ³-hua⁴
    • Yale: shǎu-dž-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaotzyyhuah
    • Palladius: шаоцзыхуа (šaoczyxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-chú-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-tsú-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawzw'hoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hua²¹/

Noun

少子化

1. low birth rate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	子	化
しょう Grade: 2	し Grade: 1	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

少(しょう)子(し)化(か) • (shōshika) 

1. decline in the number or proportion of children in the population due to a declining birth rate