小中華

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (小中華)		小	中華
simp. (小中华)		小	中华

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiǎozhōnghuá

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zung¹ waa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎozhōnghuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎojhonghuá
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-chung¹-hua²
  - Yale: Syǎu-jūng-hwá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheaujonghwa
  - Palladius: Сяочжунхуа (Sjaočžunxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² zung¹ waa⁴
  - Yale: síu jūng wàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzung¹ waa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zung¹ wa⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ waː²¹/

Proper noun

小中華

(historical) A term for a non-Chinese country which had nonetheless attained the heights of Chinese civilization, found in works from outside China.
- 不意小中華尚禮義之邦、乃有極悖亂、至凶慘之變。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  不意小中华尚礼义之邦、乃有极悖乱、至凶惨之变。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1785
  Bùyì xiǎozhōnghuá shàng lǐyì zhī bāng, nǎi yǒu jí bèiluàn, zhì xiōngcǎn zhī biàn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Korean

Hanja in this term
小	中	華

Noun

小中華 • (sojunghwa) (hangeul 소중화)

hanja form^? of 소중화 (“little China; a non-Chinese nation which has attained the heights of Chinese civilization”)