小犬

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	dog
simp. and trad. (小犬)		小	犬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoquǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hyun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-khián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoquǎn [Phonetic: xiáoquǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chʻüan³
    • Yale: syǎu-chywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaucheuan
    • Palladius: сяоцюань (sjaocjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hyun²
    • Yale: síu hyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-khián
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-khián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'qiern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁴¹/

Noun

小犬

1. (literary) puppy
2. (literary, humble) my son

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小狗 (“puppy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		犬子, 小犬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小狗
Mandarin	Beijing	小狗兒
	Taiwan	小狗
	Harbin	小狗兒, 狗崽兒
	Yantai (Muping)	小狗兒
	Jinan	小狗
	Wanrong	狗娃子
	Xi'an	狗娃子, 狗娃兒
	Yinchuan	狗娃子, 狗娃娃
	Xining	尕狗娃兒, 狗娃兒
	Ürümqi	狗娃子
	Wuhan	小狗子
	Chengdu	奶狗兒
	Guiyang	狗兒, 狗崽
	Liuzhou	狗崽
	Xuzhou	小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒, 小狗兒, 巴狗子
	Yangzhou	小狗子, 小狗
	Nanjing	小狗
	Singapore	小狗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	狗仔
	Hong Kong	狗仔
	Dongguan	狗仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	狗仔
Gan	Nanchang	狗崽子
	Lichuan	狗崽兒
	Pingxiang	狗崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細狗仔
	Yudu	尒狗子, 細狗子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗子, 細狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狗子, 細狗仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狗幺
Huizhou	Jixi	細狗
Jin	Taiyuan	小狗狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	犬囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Quanzhou	狗仔
	Yongchun	狗囝
	Zhangzhou	狗仔囝, 狗仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	狗囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	狗仔
	Haifeng	狗仔
	Singapore (Teochew)	狗囝
	Leizhou	狗囝
	Haikou	狗囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細狗
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小狗
	Suzhou	小狗
	Danyang	小狗子
	Hangzhou	小狗兒
	Ningbo	小狗
	Wenzhou	狗兒, 狗童兒
	Jinhua	小狗
Xiang	Changsha	狗崽子
	Loudi	狗崽唧

• (my son): 豚犬 (túnquǎn), 豚兒／豚儿 (tún'ér), 犬子 (quǎnzǐ), 豚兒犬子／豚儿犬子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	犬
こ Grade: 1	いぬ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 子犬
• 仔犬

Noun

小(こ)犬(いぬ) • (koinu) 

1. puppy
2. small dog

Derived terms

• 小犬座