小說

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See also: 小説 and 小说

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
 to speak; to say; persuade (politically)
trad. (小說) 小 說
simp. (小说) 小 说

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 小 說
Reading # 1/1 3/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 薛 (82)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 私兆切 失爇切
Baxter sjewX sywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siᴇuX/ /ɕiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɛuX/ /ɕʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjæuX/ /ɕjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/siawX/ /ɕwiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/siɛuX/ /ɕiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sĭɛuX/ /ɕĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si̯ɛuX/ /ɕi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǎo shuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		siu2 syut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 小 說
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiǎo shuō
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjewX › ‹ sywet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[s]ewʔ/ /*l̥ot/
English small speak, explain

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 小 說
Reading # 1/1 2/3
No. 13705 2571
Phonetic
component 		小 兑
Rime
group 		宵 月
Rime
subdivision 		2 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		小 說
Old
Chinese 		/*smewʔ/ /*hljod/
Notes 甲金文象沙而指小，
指事字

Noun

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小說

  1. fiction (including novels, novellas, short stories and flash fiction) (Classifier: 本; 部)
    一本小說／一本小说  ―  yī běn xiǎoshuō  ―  a work of fiction
    通俗小說／通俗小说  ―  tōngsú xiǎoshuō  ―  popular fiction
    這部電影改編自著名的同名小說。 [MSC, trad.]
    这部电影改编自著名的同名小说。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè bù diànyǐng gǎibiān zì zhùmíng de tóngmíng xiǎoshuō. [Pinyin]
    The film is adapted from the well-known novel of the same name.
    我從來沒有想到他是那本小說的作者。 [MSC, trad.]
    我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiǎngdào tā shì nà běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě. [Pinyin]
    It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.
    這部小說反映了一個封建家庭的敗落。 [MSC, trad.]
    这部小说反映了一个封建家庭的败落。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè bù xiǎoshuō fǎnyìng le yī ge fēngjiàn jiātíng de bàiluò. [Pinyin]
    The novel reflects the decline of a feudal family.
  2. (literary) petty words
  3. (literary) miscellaneous book (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (小說):

Etymology 2

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
 joy (original character of 悅)
trad. (小說) 小 說
simp. (小说) 小 说

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 小 說
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 薛 (82)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 私兆切 弋雪切
Baxter sjewX ywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siᴇuX/ /jiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɛuX/ /jʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjæuX/ /juæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/siawX/ /jwiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/siɛuX/ /iuɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/sĭɛuX/ /jĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si̯ɛuX/ /i̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǎo yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		siu2 jyut6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 小 說
Reading # 1/1 3/3
No. 13705 2577
Phonetic
component 		小 兑
Rime
group 		宵 月
Rime
subdivision 		2 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		小 悅
Old
Chinese 		/*smewʔ/ /*lod/
Notes 甲金文象沙而指小，
指事字

Noun

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小說

  1. (literary) little joy

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
小 說
しょう
Grade: 1 		せつ
Hyōgai
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 小說 – see the following entry.
【小説しょうせつ】
[noun] novel, story, fiction
(This term, 小說, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term
小說

Noun

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小說 • (soseol) (hangeul 소설)

  1. hanja form? of 소설 (“fiction, fictional literature”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小說

Noun

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小說

  1. chữ Hán form of tiểu thuyết (“novel”).
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