小我

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Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	I; me
simp. and trad. (小我)		小	我

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎowǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ngo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎowǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎowǒ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-wo³
  - Yale: syǎu-wǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauwoo
  - Palladius: сяово (sjaovo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² ngo⁵
  - Yale: síu ngóh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ngo⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ngo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ ŋɔː¹³/

Noun

小我

the individual (as opposed to the country, the organization, etc.)

Antonyms

大我 (dàwǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	我
しょう Grade: 1	が Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーが (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

小(しょう)我(が) • (shōga) ^{←せうが (seuga)^?}

(Buddhism) an unenlightened person; one invested in one's own ego
Antonym: 大我 (taiga)
self, ego
小我(しょうが)にとらわれる
shōga ni torawareru
to be trapped in ego

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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