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Chinese
Etymology 1
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
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| trad. (小說)
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小
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說
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| simp. (小说)
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小
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说
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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小
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說
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xiǎo
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shuō
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sjewX ›
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‹ sywet ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ewʔ/
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/*l̥ot/
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| English
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small
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speak, explain
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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小
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說
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/3
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| No.
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13705
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2571
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Phonetic
component
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小
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兑
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Rime
group
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宵
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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小
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說
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Old
Chinese
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/*smewʔ/
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/*hljod/
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| Notes
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甲金文象沙而指小，
指事字
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Noun
小說
- fiction (including novels, novellas, short stories and flash fiction) (Classifier: 本; 部)
- 一本小說／一本小说 ― yī běn xiǎoshuō ― a work of fiction
- 通俗小說／通俗小说 ― tōngsú xiǎoshuō ― popular fiction
這部電影改編自著名的同名小說。 [MSC, trad.]
这部电影改编自著名的同名小说。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhè bù diànyǐng gǎibiān zì zhùmíng de tóngmíng xiǎoshuō.
- The film is adapted from the well-known novel of the same name.
我從來沒有想到他是那本小說的作者。 [MSC, trad.]
我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiǎngdào tā shì nà běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě.
- It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.
這部小說反映了一個封建家庭的敗落。 [MSC, trad.]
这部小说反映了一个封建家庭的败落。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhè bù xiǎoshuō fǎnyìng le yī ge fēngjiàn jiātíng de bàiluò.
- The novel reflects the decline of a feudal family.
- (literary) petty words
- (literary) miscellaneous book (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
joy (original character of 悅)
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| trad. (小說)
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小
|
說
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| simp. (小说)
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小
|
说
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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小
|
說
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| Reading #
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1/1
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3/3
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| No.
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13705
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2577
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Phonetic
component
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小
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兑
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Rime
group
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宵
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月
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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小
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悅
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Old
Chinese
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/*smewʔ/
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/*lod/
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| Notes
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甲金文象沙而指小，
指事字
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Noun
小說
- (literary) little joy
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 小說 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 小說, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
小說 • (soseol) (hangeul 소설)
- hanja form? of 소설 (“fiction, fictional literature”)
Vietnamese
Noun
小說
- chữ Hán form of tiểu thuyết (“novel”).