小事

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (小事)		小	事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-sīr / sió-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih⁴
  - Yale: syǎu-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyh
  - Palladius: сяоши (sjaoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshìhr
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shih⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎu-shìr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushell
  - Palladius: сяошир (sjaošir)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu² si⁶
  - Yale: síu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    小視 / 小视
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sū
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小事

trifle; trivial matter; minor thing
你那麼能幹，絕不要被小事牽累。 [MSC, trad.]
你那么能干，绝不要被小事牵累。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.

Synonyms

(literary) 可事 (kěshì)

Antonyms

大事 (dàshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	事
しょう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From 小 (shō, "small," "minor") + 事 (ji, "affair," "something")

Noun

小(しょう)事(じ) • (shōji)

a trifle, trifling matter