中小

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
simp. and trad. (中小)		中	小

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-sió

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngxiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongsiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-hsiao³
    • Yale: jūng-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongsheau
    • Palladius: чжунсяо (čžunsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-sió
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-sió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsioir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ sio⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sio⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

中小

1. (attributive) small to medium

Derived terms

• 中小企業／中小企业 (zhōngxiǎo qǐyè)
• 中小型 (zhōngxiǎoxíng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	小
ちゅう Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 中 (chū, “middle, medium”) +‎ 小 (shō, “small, little”).

Noun

中(ちゅう)小(しょう) • (chūshō) 

1. small to medium

Derived terms

• 大中小 (daichūshō): large, medium, or small
• 中小企業 (chūshō kigyō): smaller companies
• 中小企業庁 (chūshō kigyō chō): the Japanese Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
• 中小諸国家 (chūshō sho-kokka): medium and small nations