小宇宙

Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
universe; cosmos; macrocosm
universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
 
simp. and trad.
(小宇宙) 		小 宇宙

Pronunciation

Noun

小宇宙

  1. (philosophy) microcosm
    Antonym: 大宇宙 (dàyǔzhòu)
  2. (neologism, slang) the “small universe” that is in a person's heart that contains all of the person's emotions
    你是我的小宇宙。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Nǐ shì wǒ de xiǎoyǔzhòu. [Pinyin]
    You are my beloved.

Derived terms

  • 小宇宙爆發 / 小宇宙爆发

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小宇宙):
  • → Japanese: 小宇宙(しょううちゅう) (shōuchū)
  • → Korean: 소우주(小宇宙) (souju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小 宇 宙
しょう
Grade: 1 		う
Grade: 6 		ちゅう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

小(しょう) (shō-, “small”) + 宇宙(うちゅう) (uchū, “space”)

Pronunciation

Noun

小(しょう)宇(う)宙(ちゅう) • (shōuchū) 

  1. the innerverse; the microcosm

Antonyms

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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