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Definition 2024

See also: 小説 and 小说

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (小說)		小	說
simp. (小说)		小	说

小說

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎoshuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushuo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² syut³
  - Yale: síu syut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² syt⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ ɕyːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-sot
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` sod`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ sod⁵
  - IPA: /se̯u³¹ sot̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-siók
  - IPA ^(key): /sieu³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)luɔʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-soat / siáu-soat
  - Tâi-lô: sió-suat / siáu-suat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysoad, siawsoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/, /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵/, /ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/, /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/, /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/, /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²/