小舟

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	boat
simp. and trad. (小舟)		小	舟

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎozhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojhou
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chou¹
  - Yale: syǎu-jōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujou
  - Palladius: сяочжоу (sjaočžou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

小舟

small boat

Synonyms

划船 (huáchuán)
小船 (xiǎochuán)
(Hokkien) 船仔

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	舟
こ Grade: 1	ふね > ぶね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
小船

Compound of 小(こ) (ko-, “small”) + 舟(ふね) (fune, “(small) boat”). The fune changes to bune as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ne̞]

Noun

小(こ)舟(ぶね) • (kobune) ^{←こぶね (kobune)^?}

small boat
小舟(こぶね)が湖(みずうみ)を漂(ただよ)っています。
Kobune ga mizuumi o tadayotte imasu.
The small boat is drifting on the lake.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	舟
お Grade: 1	ふね > ぶね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Compound of 小(お) (o-, “small”) + 舟(ふね) (fune, “(small) boat”). The fune changes to bune as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞bɯ̟ne̞]

Noun

小(お)舟(ぶね) • (obune) ^{←をぶね (wobune)^?}

synonym of 小舟 (kobune, “small boat”)