小宇宙

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	universe; cosmos; macrocosm universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
simp. and trad. (小宇宙)		小	宇宙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoyǔzhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎoyǔzhòu [Phonetic: xiáoyǔzhòu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄓㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyeujow
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

小宇宙

microcosm
Antonyms: 大宇宙 (dàyǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小宇宙):

→ Japanese: 小 (しょう)宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう) (shōuchū)
→ Korean: 소우주 (小宇宙, souju)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	宇	宙
しょう Grade: 1	う Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

小 (“small”) +‎ 宇宙 (“space”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

小宇宙 (hiragana しょううちゅう, rōmaji shōuchū)

the inner verse; the microcosm

Antonyms

大宇宙 (だいうちゅう) (daiuchū): macrocosm

See also

小宇宙 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Microcosm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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