小米
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Chinese
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
rice; metre | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (小米) | 小 | 米 | |
| simp. #(小米) | 小 | 米 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao3 mi3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu2 mai5
- Eastern Min (BUC): siēu-mī
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-bí
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomǐ
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-mi3
- Yale: syǎu-mǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumii
- Palladius: сяоми (sjaomi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (小米兒 / 小米儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomǐr
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-mi3-ʼrh
- Yale: syǎu-mǐr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumieel
- Palladius: сяомир (sjaomir)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ miə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao3 mi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiaomi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiau⁵³ mi⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 mai5
- Yale: síu máih
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 mai5
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 mei5
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɐi̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu-mī
- Sinological IPA (key): /sieu³³⁻³⁵ mi³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Noun
小米
- hulled grain of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
- (regional) foxtail millet (the plant Setaria italica or its unhulled grain)
Synonyms
- (hulled grain of foxtail millet):
- (foxtail millet):
Dialectal synonyms of 穀子 (“foxtail millet (plant or unhulled grain)”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 粟, 禾, 嘉穀, 稷 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 粟 | |
| Taxonomic name | 粟 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 穀子 |
| Harbin | 穀子 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 穀子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 穀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 穀子 |
| Wanrong | 穀 | |
| Xi'an | 穀子 | |
| Xining | 穀子 | |
| Xuzhou | 穀子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 穀子 |
| Lanzhou | 穀子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小米 |
| Wuhan | 粟穀 grain | |
| Guiyang | 小米 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小米 |
| Yangzhou | 穀子 | |
| Hefei | 穀子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狗尾粟, 粟 |
| Yangjiang | 狗尾粟, 粟仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 粟仔, 黃粟仔, 狗尾粟 |
| Yudu | 狗尾粟, 貓尾粟, 黃粟 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 粟 plant, 粟穀 grain |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 穀子, 穀 |
| Xinzhou | 穀 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蘆粟, 狗尾粟 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 秮, 犬尾秮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 黍仔 |
| Chaozhou | 秮 | |
| Jieyang | 秮 | |
| Haikou | 粟 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 粟禾 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小米 |
| Suzhou | 粟 | |
| Danyang | 小米 | |
| Wenzhou | 粟米 | |
| Jinhua | 粟兒 plant, 粟穀 grain | |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 魚子粟 |
Derived terms
Proper noun
小米
- Xiaomi (Chinese electronics company)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 小 | 米 |
| こ Grade: 1 |
こめ > ごめ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
Noun
- scraps of crushed rice