小林
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Chinese
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
woods; forest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (小林) |
小 | 林 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎolín
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎolín
- Wade–Giles: Hsiao3-lin2
- Yale: Syǎu-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheaulin
- Palladius: Сяолинь (Sjaolinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 lam4
- Yale: síu làhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 lam4
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 lem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ lɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
小林
- an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 小林, Kobayashi
- (～市) Kobayashi (a city in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan)
- (～鎮) Xiaolin (a town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, China)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 小 | 林 |
| こ Grade: 1 |
はやし > ばやし Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
