渺小

Chinese

		vague; remote	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
trad. (渺小/藐小/眇小)		渺/藐/眇	小
simp. (渺小)		渺	小
alternative forms		杪小

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miǎoxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ siu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biáu-siáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miǎoxiǎo [Phonetic: miáoxiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miǎosiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: miao³-hsiao³
  - Yale: myǎu-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meausheau
  - Palladius: мяосяо (mjaosjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁵ siu²
  - Yale: míuh síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³ siːu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biáu-siáu
  - Tâi-lô: biáu-siáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biawsiao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: mjiewX sjewX

Rime
Character	渺	小
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	亡沼切	私兆切
Baxter	mjiewX	sjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇu^X/	/siᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛu^X/	/siɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæu^X/	/sjæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miaw^X/	/siaw^X/
Li Rong	/miɛu^X/	/siɛu^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɛu^X/	/sĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛu^X/	/si̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miǎo	xiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	miu⁵	siu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]ewʔ [s]ewʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ smewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	渺	小
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	miǎo	xiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ mjiew^X ›	‹ sjew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[m]ewʔ/	/*[s]ewʔ/
English	vast (of water)	small
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	渺	小
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13695	13705
Phonetic component	小	小
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	眇	小
Old Chinese	/*mewʔ/	/*smewʔ/
Notes		甲金文象沙而指小，指事字

Adjective

渺小

minute; tiny; paltry; negligible; insignificant

Synonyms

微小 (wēixiǎo)

Antonyms

偉大／伟大 (wěidà)